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Article: USAID and MLB Players Trust Help Strike-Out Poverty in the Dominican Republic.
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- October 9, 2009
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Jason Fraser, USAID/Dominican Republic Acting Deputy Director and Stanley Javier, Special Assistant, Major League Baseball Players Trust announced that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Major League Baseball Players Trust are teaming up to donate US$100,000, through the Major League Baseball Dominican Development Alliance (MLB-DDA), to Esperanza International's Banks of Hope program.
Banks of Hope is a micro-credit program that will benefit 340 families in two marginalized neighborhoods in northern Santo Domingo. Banks of Hope organizes women into community groups that meet weekly to learn about financial management, human ...