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SDOP disburses more than $260,000 to 14 self-help projects in the U.S.

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Community Financial Literacy in Portland, ME, provides newly arrived refugees with financial education in English and their native languages.

BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic — The Presbyterian Committee on the  Self-Development of People has approved grants totaling $260,070 to 14 self-help projects in the United States.

The money is from the One Great Hour of Sharing offering. 

Projects range from financial literacy education for newly arrived refugees in Maine to support for a group of residents in a low-income Puerto Rican neighborhood to create a landscaping service business. 

Grants were approved at SDOP's national committee meeting in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic May 19-22.

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Grant recipients announced

The National Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has approved grants totaling $269,930 to 13 self-help projects in the United States. Money for the grants comes from the PC (USA)’s One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) offering.

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