EDMONDS, Wash. — An international development effort launched by a noted credit union educator is establishing a retail outlet right here in the States.
Carol Schillios, a long-time credit union organizer, educator and activist launched the Fabric of Life Foundation in 2003 to help young women in Bamako, Mali, move from poverty, begging and prostitution to productive work, health and education.
The foundation also funds a credit union organizer in Zimbabwe and credit unions in Senegal and Vietnam. Schillios won a Herb Wegner memorial award from the National Credit Union Foundation in 2007 in recognition of her work around the world.
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