Over the last thirty years, the ILCU Development Foundation has made a significant contribution to enhancing the dignity and living standards of many people in developing countries, through providing support to credit union and cooperative movements. This has only been possible through the generous support of Irish credit unions and their individual members. This continued generous support is greatly appreciated by the ILCU Foundation and its partners.
Where we work
The ILCU Foundation is providing financial and technical assistance to credit union and savings cooperative movements in six countries: Albania, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Ghana, Russia and Sierra Leone. The Foundation works with our partner countries to strengthen their credit union movements.
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The work of the ILCU Foundation in the developing world is hugely important as it supports credit unions to provide credit facilities whereby encouraging empowerment and education and in essence helping people to help themselves.
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The work of the ILCU Foundation is making a real difference. Access to savings and loans for poor, disadvantaged people and their families improves their quality of life, provides access to education and helps them to move from poverty to prosperity.
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