WOCCU has helped launch programs to provide mortgages for low-cost housing in Haiti. Photo courtesy of WOCCU
The World Council of Credit Unions has spent the last 45 years trying to bring basic financial services to people in parts of the world that are often poor, remote and neglected by their governments and big financial institutions.
In May their work took them to Puerto Rico, where 3.3 million U.S. citizens and thousands of credit union members are struggling with the aftermath of last fall's Hurricane Maria and a territorial government in default on its debts.
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