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Nothing is more American than fireworks on the Fourth of July holiday. Many credit unions nationwide are doing their part to support Independence Day by sponsoring fireworks and other colorful holiday events in their various communities in and around the traditional holiday.
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DepositAccounts.com recently released their list of the top 200 healthiest credit unions and three Indiana credit unions made the list: Interra Credit Union, Financial Center First Credit Union and FORUM Credit Union.
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The World Council of Credit Unions is working with MetLife Foundation to support research into the financial service needs of Mexico’s unbanked population aged between 18 and 35.Woccu has a long history of increasing credit union outreach in Mexico – 44% of the Mexican credit union membership growth has been unbanked ages 18–35.
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Co-operatives produce 60% of the world’s wine, but face difficulties when it comes to marketing and entering new markets. Addressing some of these challenges was one of the key topics discussed at the 4th Global Forum of Wine Co-operatives, which took place at the end of May in Argentina.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will extend its collaboration with the Rabobank Foundation to boost farming and food security in Latin America, Africa and Asia. The UN body partnered with the Dutch co-operative bank in 2013, when they began working on three projects in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya. Through this programme farmers gained access to financial tools and managed to... Read more >
The Michigan State University Student Housing Cooperative is currently in the process of buying two new properties to create a new student housing co-op. Holly Jo Sparks, the executive director of the Student Housing Cooperative, said part of the reason for expanding is that the Student Housing Cooperatives are always in high demand, even when full, as they... Read more >
The status of women in India has been subjected to intense media glare over the past few years, and the safety of travel in India for women has been questioned. But one region has certainly made the empowerment of women a main focus. Ladakh is considered a particularly safe part of India for female travelers. And as Mariellen Ward found on a recent travel blogging trip, it's also a region... Read more >
The status of women in India has been subjected to intense media glare over the past few years, and the safety of travel in India for women has been questioned. But one region has certainly made the empowerment of women a main focus. Ladakh is considered a particularly safe part of India for female travelers. And... Read more >
Nearly 2,000 young people spent a week in the nation’s capital celebrating service and citizenship while learning about the cooperative difference during NRECA’s 51st annual Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. This is another wonderful example of cooperatives' concern for community.
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Unique partnership between Conseil du Café-Cacoa, Cargill, CARE and farmer cooperatives is delivering improved education and healthcare in 14 communities.
11 new schools will teach over 1,650 children and 3 new centers will improve access to healthcare for 25,000 people.
Program to extend to build facilities in an additional 10 cocoa communities.
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