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GARCZYN, Poland–If you want to see the faces of the Ukrainian orphans U.S. and Polish credit unions have been helping, you need to exit the two-lane road in a rural area of Poland, turn onto a rough, single lane that eventually surrenders and becomes gravel, cross over the railroad tracks and drive deeper into the […]

GDANSK, Poland–Of all the difficult repercussions of being a refugee, one that isn’t often thought of is the inability to get medical care, which is especially true for women. Credit unions and other donors in the U.S. and Poland have taken steps to address that problem in one country. Through the Via Stella Foundation and with support

SOPOT, Poland. There’s volunteerism, and then there’s the extraordinary thing Jakub Osipow is preparing to do. With assistance from credit unions in the U.S. and Poland, Osipow is getting ready to drive a refurbished “ambulance” more than one-thousand kilometers from Poland to the front lines of the war being waged in eastern Ukraine with Russia.

SOPOT, Poland. As the attacks by Russia on Ukraine reach their 500th day,  CUToday.info has arrived in Poland for what will be a week of reporting on how the country’s credit unions are helping Ukrainian refugees, as well as for additional reporting a planned trip later this week to Ukraine to deliver relief supplies and ambulances purchased

This is a photo of Julia and Anna Aksenczenko – 14 years old twin sisters from Kramatorsk, Ukraine. You will never meet them in person. No one will. On June 27th 2023 they were killed. What have they done to deserve such a fate? Russian troops fired two missiles on the city center of Kramatorsk

By Rafal Matusiak, President — National Association of Cooperative Savings and Credit Unions Polish American Credit Union Support Fund | Via Stella Foundation https://www.viastella.pl/ July, 2023 Dear Friends, As the conflict in Ukraine has escalated with offensives and counter offensives, civilians in Ukraine have again been driven from their homes and injured. Via Stella is

Dear Friends, What an unhappy anniversary: one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. We responded with immediate emergency medical and supplies and ambulances to paramedic networks and hospitals in Ukraine to care for and to evacuate the ill and injured to Polish hospitals. Millions of Ukrainian refugees arrived into Poland. Credit unions focused on how to

The credit union industry often emphasizes the importance of sharing stories with members about the cooperative ecosystem. AKUVO CEO, Jay Mossman, has a unique story to tell. After building a successful tech company and selling it, he’s returned to the industry with a CUSO that has created a credit union model focused on retaining members