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Year: 2021

Meeting Angela

Meeting Angela

December 20, 2021 RKD Digital

By David Langle, Project Manager, South America In early December, a colleague and I had the opportunity to meet someone very special to Food For The Poor and its donors. Her name is Angela and one of our partners took us to the Roosevelt Institute in Bogota, Colombia, where she has been receiving lifesaving treatment […]


Tiny Greeter, Huge Welcome

Tiny Greeter, Huge Welcome

December 9, 2021 RKD Digital

Every time the front door opened at a rural nutrition center in Guatemala that I was visiting with our team, 4-year-old Dervy marched right up to each visitor. I watched as he smiled broadly, spread his little arms in a sweeping motion across the entryway and then gleefully shouted, “¡Bienvenido!”, the Spanish word for “welcome.” […]


A Loving Legacy: FFTP Partner Donates Toys in Memory of Beloved Employee

A Loving Legacy: FFTP Partner Donates Toys in Memory of Beloved Employee

November 22, 2021 RKD Digital

By Michael Turnbell Steve Bryant loved kids. That love and his passion for serving others soon will bless thousands of children in the Caribbean and Latin America. A longtime employee of Gleaning For The World, a Food For The Poor partner, Steve was especially fond of the organization’s Teddy Bear Brigade that collects stuffed animals […]


Hello world!

Hello world!

November 22, 2021November 5, 2021 RKD Digital

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!


Report from the field: Nikki Rivera on Haiti

Report from the field: Nikki Rivera on Haiti

November 22, 2021April 24, 2012 Megan

  April 17: I am in love with the people of Haiti. They have stolen my heart. I feel so loved:  The children just smother you with kisses and hugs. They also love stroking your hair. I am truly moved.  Just To recap:  We visited schools today, the feeding centers, our warehouse and the mountainside […]


Jimmy’s Story: How a Little Boy Touched a Mission Traveler’s Heart

Jimmy’s Story: How a Little Boy Touched a Mission Traveler’s Heart

November 22, 2021September 5, 2013 Victoria Green

 Jack Osborne traveled to Jamaica with a Food For The Poor mission group in July. Here, he shares his story. One day during our Mission Trip, while visiting the people of Jamaica, my life was affected dramatically by a very sweet young boy. 


The Good Things You Make Possible

The Good Things You Make Possible

November 22, 2021September 27, 2013 Robby

It’s a difficult task to properly encapsulate the scope of all that Food For The Poor does on a daily basis. There are a lot of moving parts in a lot of different places. With that in mind we made a map that we hope serves as a helpful representation of how much your generosity […]


FFP in Guyana

FFP in Guyana

November 22, 2021June 23, 2014 Robby

By Robby Brumberg Food For The Poor is marking 23 years of working to help the poor in Guyana this month. To celebrate this anniversary of charitable partnership and cooperation, here are a few things of note about the beautiful South American country. Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America. Despite its large […]


A Birthday Wish for Ruth

A Birthday Wish for Ruth

November 22, 2021June 25, 2014 Joy

Kathy Skipper is Director of Public Relations for Food For The Poor. She and her husband Joe have been blessed to sponsor Ruth through the Angels Of Hope program for the last two years. This is a birthday letter to their little girl, who lives at Our Lady of Lourdes Home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Food […]


Planting a Future

Planting a Future

November 22, 2021August 4, 2014 Robby

Matt Herzel is Food For The Poor’s very talented Multimedia Developer. He traveled to Haiti earlier this year, where he saw how FFPs reforestation efforts are making barren landscapes fruitful once again.  By Matt Herzel Travel from the Dominican Republic across the border into Haiti and two things immediately strike you: the beautiful, rugged hills, […]


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