Help Community Prepare, Endure, and Rebuild

Deploying Aid
Acting Now to Deliver Rapid Emergency Response

Food For The Poor has activated full emergency operations in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, mobilizing teams across its Coconut Creek headquarters and Jamaica. Thanks to pre-positioned supplies in nearly every parish, the organization began delivering aid immediately after the storm. The Spanish Town warehouse remains secure, powered, and operating 24/7 to coordinate distributions of lifesaving essentials such as food, water, hygiene kits, and shelter materials. Air shipments will deploy as soon as operations resume in Kingston, while two marine containers are being prepared to depart from Florida within 48 hours. Additional aid—donated by partners including MAP International, Brother’s Brother Foundation, Harvest Time, Midwest Mission, Hope Humanitarian, and Matthew 25: Ministries—is en route with thousands of hygiene kits, bedding, tarps, and school supplies.

Food For the Poor’s commitment extends beyond immediate relief to long-term recovery and rebuilding. Over the next 90 days, the focus will include emergency food, water, and medical support, followed by home and roof repairs, community infrastructure restoration, and agricultural recovery. Assessments are underway in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where partner churches and warehouses have pre-staged food and supplies. Volunteer packing events in Coconut Creek have reached full capacity.

Cash donations remain critical to sustaining operations. Working with partners such as World Central Kitchen, Water Mission, AmeriCares, Airlink, and the Bob & Rita Marley Foundation, Food For The Poor continues to stand with the people of Jamaica and Haiti, bringing faith, compassion, and tangible help to those facing unimaginable loss.