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06648 December 6, 2006
32 self-help projects funded
SDOP disburses nearly $600,000 at home and abroad
by Evan Silverstein
LOUISVILLE * The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) has approved grants totaling $599,787 to 32 self-help projects in the United States and around the world.
The money is from the One Great Hour of Sharing offering.
Projects range from marketing initiatives designed to help Native American elders in Minnesota, to teaching residents of a low-income neighborhood in Maine to solve environmental problems, to creating safe drinking water in Uganda.
“The grants reflect SDOP’s commitment to economically poor people around the world and the different issues that are important to them,” said Cynthia E. White, SDOP’s director.
SDOP enables members and non-members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to form partnerships with oppressed and disadvantaged people in order to help them achieve self-sufficiency.
Grants were approved at a meeting of SDOP’s national committee in Tucson, AZ, Nov. 3-4.
The projects and grants:
Baker County Commercial Kitchen and Business Incubator, Newton, GA, $61,000 for developing a commercial kitchen to facilitate entrepreneurial training. Movement for Justice in the Neighborhood, New York, NY, $20,000 to community organization dedicated to social justice issues in east Harlem’s economically challenged El Barrio neighborhood. Wisdom Steps Marketing and Outreach Project, Marshall, MN, $20,000 for marketing products to support health-care program for Native American elders in Minnesota. The Urban Teen Magazine Project, Chicago, IL, $20,000 to a multi-racial youth group for skills development in business, publishing and writing through production of teen-oriented urban magazine. Low-Income Workers Support and Organizing Project, Oakland, CA, $20,000 to provide Filipino immigrant workers with organizational training. Community in Action, Comunidad en Movimiento, Los Angeles, CA, $20,000 to a group dedicated to bringing about change in a mostly Hispanic neighborhoo d of East Los Angeles through leadership development work. Acquire Health Care for Uninsured Lupus Patients, Inglewood, CA, $20,000 to help uninsured patients suffering from the chronic autoimmune disease Lupus learn how to find resources and medical care. Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights, Portland, ME, $20,000 to grassroots, antipoverty group for campaign addressing homelessness, low wages, and access to healthcare for the poor. Haitian Community Development Project, Niverville, NY, $20,000 to provide immigrant services, such as language skills training, to Haitian community in New York City area. The People’s Downtown Master Plan, Lewiston, ME, $20,000 to help low-income residents of downtown organize to impact political decision making regarding housing and development. Families Actively Coming Together, Gainesville, FL, $20,000 to help residents of low-income area learn to organize and present issues effectively to public officials to bring about positive change. MMWMC Institute of Second Chance and God Given Talent, Atlanta, GA, $20,000 to develop a series of film productions about poverty to educate the public, create a voice for the poor, and generate income for those involved with the project. Kentucky Care Professional House Cleaning, Lexington, KY, $20,000 to a cooperative that helps immigrants and single mothers improve housekeeping skills and increase their income. Griffin Park Environmental Health Project, Bangor, ME, $25,000 for training low-income residents to deal with neighborhood environmental pollution. Women’s Development Federation of Guerra, Santo Domingo/Guerra, Dominican Republic, $20,000 to a factory for purchasing materials to make blocks and to buy a truck in which to deliver them. Block making has become a viable community economic development project in the Dominican Republic because of the government’s requirement that all homes have a secure room for hurricanes. Women’s Federation Marelina de los Santos, San Jose de los Llanos, Dominican Republic, $20,000 to a factory for purchasing materials to make blocks and to buy a truck in which to deliver them. Granja Intergral Koinonia-Koinonia Sustainable Farm, Barranquilla, Colombia, $20,000 to fund a sustainable farm to help ease poverty in northern Colombia. Civil Society Las Abejas, Chiapas, Mexico, $5,000 for upgrading an independent community radio station. Marginalized Women in Development, Kampala, Uganda, $9,735 to create a source of safe drinking water for the community. Tamarind Processing and Broom Producing, Andhra Pradesh, India, $2,214 for providing crops and industry to a group of women attempting to rise out of poverty. Rural Women’s Development, Vellore District, Tamilnadu, India, $4,330 to a group of women to fund a pickle business. Young People Achieving Their Dreams, Managua, Nicaragua, $10,000 to a group of economically challenged women and their daughters for establishing a cooperative cleaning service. Upland Cavite People’s Organization for Development, Cavite, Philippines, $14,200 to support a group of farmers during planting season who organized to spur economic development and help small farmers escape poverty. Kichwa Indian Artists Association, Peguche, Ecuador, $20,000 for an indigenous community in the Andes Mountains to develop an ecotourism model and a source of income for the community. Mary Matha Mahila Podhupu Sangham, Andhra Prodesh, India, $19,567 to purchase water buffaloes for 30 widows infected with HIV/AIDS. Fraternity Cocoa Farmers Association, Wassa Akropong, Ghana, $7,000 for a community-based coca-growing project in eastern Ghana. Women of Victory Capacity Building Group, Sare-Awendo, Kenya, $15,000 to a group of rural Kenyan women for construction of a hostel and conference facility. Angwalusek Group, Kumi-Kodike, Uganda, $15,000 to a commercial piggery unit for buying, raising and selling the animals. Community Initiative Programme, Freetown, Sierra Leone, $12,821 to purchase goats and sheep for 100 women whose families lost everything to the ravages of civil war. Boma Rural Youth Development Association, Boma Village, Sierra Leone, $7,920 to assist residents in a remote village produce rice and cassava vegetables. Radienya Widows Group, Mirogi, Kenya, $6,000 to support a sustainable farm of poultry, vegetables and other crops. Development Association “ADESOGUA,” Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, $15,000 to a group of women for raising chickens and rabbits and operating small family farm to produce, consume and sell food.
In other business, SDOP also approved a $50,000 grant to be used for the implementation of small-scale sustainable development projects in Sierra Leone and Liberia. This is a joint effort between SDOP, the Presbyterian Hunger Program and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
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