WFCU grant helps credit union members in Belize recover from Hurricane Lisa
The Belize Credit Union League and Belize City Council representatives present a relief check to a credit union member. (World Council photo)
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 (WFCU), the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions’ (CCCU) Development Foundation and the Belize Credit Union League (BCUL).
Hurricane Lisa made landfall in the Central American nation Nov. 2, 2022 as a category-one storm, causing extensive damage. More than 5,000 houses were either fully or partially destroyed.
After observing Lisa’s catastrophic impact, specifically in Belize City, BCUL, a member organization of CCCU, decided to focus its relief efforts on credit union members who sustained substantial property damage.
Worldwide Foundation of Credit Unions was there to support those efforts, providing a $10,000 grant to CCCU’s Development Foundation, which matched WFCU’s grant for a total assistance package of $20,000 for BCUL.
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