Washington, DC - The National Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has approved grants totaling $495,250 to 21 self-help projects in the United States.
Money for the grants comes from the PC(USA)'s One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) offering.
SDOP, funded primarily through the OGHS offering, enables members and non-members of the PC(USA) to establish partnerships with economically poor, oppressed and disadvantaged people in order to help them achieve sufficiency.
Grants were approved at a meeting of SDOP's National Committee last month in Washington, DC.
Projects funded range from learning how to plant and operate an organic farm using produce sales to reinvest in equipment, seeds and tools in South Carolina to supporting a cooperative of Mexican Americans in rural Arkansas seeking to create and operate a thrift store and restaurant.
Groups awarded funds at the November meeting:
Immigrant Micro-Enterprise Development, Fargo, ND, $20,000 to enable a group of immigrants to develop a multi-cultural market to host small businesses. The center will also provide business training.
White Earth Land Recovery Project, Callaway, MN, $20,000 to assist cooperative efforts by the Anishinnabig tribe of the White Earth Reservation to grow traditional Native American foods. Health education, greenhouse construction and maintenance and seed preservation are part of the project.
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