The USAID/World Council of Credit Unions’ Economic Inclusion Project joined Transactional Network of Credit Unions (Coonecta) and the Ecuadorian Integration Network of Credit Unions to launch the Financial Education Network in Ecuador

USAID this month extended the flagship project of its Venezuela Regional Response Program through May 2026, awarding $14 million to World Council of Credit Unions to continue implementation of the Economic Inclusion Project in Peru and Ecuador on a much larger scale.

Fifty credit union members in Belize are making repairs to hurricane-related property damages thanks to $40,000 in disaster relief funds provided by Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions’ Development Foundation and the Belize Credit Union League.

USAID and WOCCU's Economic Inclusion Project introduced a formal guide that will help the Peruvian financial sector identify types of assistance refugee and migrant populations need to access formal financial services and best practices to help facilitate financial inclusion.

CUNA wrote a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee in strong support of FY24 funding levels of $50 million for the Cooperative  Development Program; $30 million for the Credit for Agriculture Producers' Technical Assistance Project; and $50 million to support efforts of the countries surrounding Ukraine.

LaBorde thanked U.S. credit unions for their support and highlighted ways they can learn from the global movement to improve their own operations.

USAID extended World Council of Credit Unions’ Credit for Agriculture Producers Project through September 2024, providing an additional 18 months to support Ukrainian credit unions in wartime, so they can continue to serve communities, and provide access to savings and agricultural loans.

The Global Women’s Leadership Network encourages women in the credit union movement to apply for its 2023 GWLN Scholarship to take advantage of the opportunity to attend either an in-person or year-long virtual education and networking opportunity.

Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, in partnership with World Council of Credit Unions, launched its Turkish Cooperative Earthquake Relief Fund to solicit donations in support of Turkey’s cooperative movement, which has suffered mass devastation from two February 6 earthquakes.