Guadalupe Sanchez, director of donations for CEPUDO, a Food For The Poor in-country partner, describes her visit to a feeding center in Honduras: Marvin and Anita visit the feeding center every day. They live in a rented room, in front of the feeding center with their mother, Katia. Their father was killed the year before […]
Year: 2021
Help FFP award $500 to an orphaned child
Angels of Hope Director Tricia Szymanski shares the inside scoop on FFP’s annual Angels of Hope Drawing Contest: The Angels of Hope Drawing Contest has become one of the highlights of the year for the artists that participate. The children are always excited to hear the new themes each year and love to compare their […]
Congratulations to our talented winners!
Food For The Poor’s Angels of Hope program provides orphaned and abandoned children with loving homes and sponsorship. Each year, the children compete in a drawing contest to win a certificate and $500 toward their personal needs. Congratulations to Pablo, above right, and Mirna, above center, in blue, winners of the 2012 Angels of Hope […]
Meet Food For The Poor’s Executive VP
By ROBBY BRUMBERG Recently we spoke with FFP’s Executive Vice President Alvaro Pereira (pictured on the left in the photo above), about his involvement in international development, the importance of houses and happiness, and little bit about badminton. Enjoy! Q: Can you tell us a bit about your background: where you grew up, what sort […]
A Day of Celebration for orphans
AOH Slideshow by FFP Photographer Hilda Perez They anticipate the day for months. Like children waiting for Christmas, the orphans Food For The Poor’s Angels of Hope (AOH) program supports bubble with excitement over their upcoming Day of Celebration. They constantly talk about the day, ask questions about it and dream about the fun-filled affair. […]
Inspired by mission trip, FFP staff members become “Champions”
By Karen Gaulette Curtiss, FFP Campaign Advisor: In September of 2011, 16 Food For The Poor employees set out on a mission trip to Haiti, my homeland. Some of us went out of curiosity, others went because every day we are told of the extreme poverty in Haiti, but like many, we questioned the level of […]
Desperately seeking cribs
Every night across the Caribbean and Latin America, destitute parents put their babies to bed within precarious hammocks and on sponge mats littering dirt floors. These children have never known the comfort and safety of a crib. Instead, they know makeshift beds that keep them vulnerable to the elements – and roaming animals. When the […]
Documenting Isaac’s wrath
Food For The Poor Photographer Ben Rusnak traveled to Haiti recently to document various projects in and around Port-au-Prince. When Tropical Storm Isaac arrived late last week, he rode out the storm and captured the following images of the storm’s impact he witnessed firsthand. Below are some of his photos from the field. *To help […]
Reflections from Haiti
Haiti is pretty hard to describe with words. Conveying a country’s worth of hope, suffering, hunger, degradation, chaos, resilience, massive dysfunction and tremendous beauty is no easy task. So let’s just talk about some things we saw on our most recent trip to this fascinating place. 1. We met a family living in a row […]
Dreaming of a Brighter Future
His name is Miguel and he is 7. We met him on a research trip to Honduras, where a writer, photographer and project manager team were gathering stories to share with our donors. Miguel lives with his family in the town of San Lorenzo, in the barrio of Altos del Sur, a community of 300 […]