“Pray for us.” That was a statement shared with CU Times via email from WOCCU officials who have been in contact with one Puerto Rican credit union CEO.
In an email exchange with Victor Miguel Corro, WOCCU's vice president of member services, he shared a correspondence with Luis Lopez, CEO of Abraham Rosa Cooperativa in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico which is roughly 10 miles west of San Juan.
Since Hurricane Maria struck the island a week ago, communication has been extremely difficult since the entire electricity grid and communications infrastructure was destroyed. WOCCU, CUNA, NCUA and other credit union organizations have had very little luck getting in touch with credit union officials on the island. Only until now have we started to learn some of the details of the destruction.
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