HONG KONG - The World Council has presented its Distinguished Service Award.
Recognized were:
* Chris Baker, former president and CEO of WOCCU, and Karen Schwartz, former executive director for Americas Association of Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Societies. Both Baker and Schwartz were recognized for their lifetime commitment to global cooperative development.
* The Credit Union Foundation Australia (CUFA) for its leadership in domestic and international credit union development activities. CUFA's programs in Sri Lanka, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Timor, Tuvalu and Cambodia have helped create access to financial services for disadvantaged communities, WOCCU said.
* 19 WYCUP program participants from eight countries. Of those nominees, five were selected as the 2008 WYCUP awardees: Joe Argo, Credit Union Central of Ontario, Canada; Anna Corona, AEA Federal Credit Union, United States; Nicholas May, Community CPS Australia, Australia; Rachel Milan, Credit Union Central of Ontario, sponsored by The Co-operators, Canada; and Rafal Sokolowski, Copernicus Credit Union, Poland. The award winners earned an all-expense-paid trip to the 2009 World Credit Union Conference in Barcelona, Spain.
* The WOCCU Ambassador Award was presented to Richard Ensweiler, president of the Texas Credit Union League and a long-time WOCCU Supporter who played a major role in WOCCU's recent “Keep China Mutual” campaign.
* WOCCU presented an award to Russian delegates on behalf of Dina Plakhotnaya, considered the “mother” of the Russian credit union movement. Plakhotnaya was unable to attend.(c) 2008 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com
