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Article: USAID and MLB Players Trust Help Strike-Out Poverty in the Dominican Republic

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September 24, 2009
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To: SPORTS EDITORS

Contact: USAID Press Office, +1-202-712-4320

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire- USNewswire/ -- Jason Fraser, USAID/Dominican Republic Acting Deputy Director and Stanley Javier, Special Assistant, Major League Baseball Players Trust announced yesterday 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. ...

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