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10 U.S. Credit Union Peers Participate in Credit Union Immersion Journey Across Peru and Ecuador
The USAID/World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) Economic Inclusion Program (EIP), in partnership with the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU), this month hosted 10 representatives from the United States credit union system for a two-week study tour to experience firsthand how EIP connects Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador and Peru to financial inclusion through credit unions.
Funded by USAID and implemented by WOCCU, the EIP is an ambitious and innovative approach aimed at providing economic opportunities and financial services to assist both Venezuelan migrants and refugees and their host communities in the target cities of Lima, Peru, and Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador, and several rural areas of each country as well.
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