Here’s a quick one from FFP Radio On-Air Fundraiser Paul Jacobs. He just got back from Guatemala, where he made some new friends and met a new hero. By: Paul Jacobs … so, the way it works is that children are supposed to be served and cared for by us, NOT run from house to house […]
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How to Give When Money Gets Tight
Little low on purchasing power this year, but still want to give back? We’ve got some ideas… For all of us who will not be enjoying the spoils of the $500 million Powerball, we came across a Real Simple article about “How to Give When Money is Tight” and wanted to share it with you. […]
Photo of the Day: One woman, many vats
They leave behind their families for days on end. They travel miles by plane, bus, and then by foot on dirt paths. They meet families in despair. They meet volunteers glad to serve. They are Food For The Poor’s interpid photographers. As a part of an occasional series we’ll present the extraordinary work of our photographers […]
A Beautiful Gift for a Jamaican High School
Please take a few minutes to be inspired, encouraged and uplifted by this fantastic video produced by FFP Videographer extraordinaire, Mr. Ian Wood. The video documents how U.S. companies like Contrax and the Institution Recycling Network are working with Food For The Poor to help transform a high school in Jamaica.
And We Wish You a Merry Christmas
From the Food For The Poor family to yours, we wish you a joyous and Merry Christmas!
How to make your new year’s resolutions stick
A new year brings renewed hope that our goals will be met. We’ll be slimmer, we say. We’ll spend more time with our families, we say. This is our last puff of a cigarette, we say. According to Time magazine, those three resolutions are among the ones most-often broken. That’s not to say you can’t […]
‘Beloved Haiti,’ a poem of love and hope
On the third anniversary of the earthquake that crumbled homes and hopes in Haiti, we’d like to share a poem of remembrance and commitment written by Angel Aloma, executive director of Food For The Poor. One of the more powerful lines in his poem, titled “Beloved Haiti,” is this: “Oh Haiti, land enslaved by misery. […]
Reforesting Haiti
Much has been said and written about Haiti’s deforestation problem. With good reason. Unabated chopping down of trees to produce charcoal – many Haitians’ chief source of fuel – has turned a once lush, beautifully forested country into one of the most deforested countries in the world. This has caused a tremendous amount of issues; […]
When Eating Mud Pies Isn’t Child’s Play
In Haiti, many children are fed mud pies, which sometimes are made with vegetable shortening and salt, when there is nothing else to eat. Francis McGovern, who works at Food For The Poor as a donor service representative, shares his childhood story of sampling mud pies. This was first published on our Facebook page in December. “Here’s […]
Seven ways you provided help and hope in 2012
As the numbers roll in from our colleagues and partners throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, we wanted to present a slice of what your support helped to accomplish in 2012. While facts and figures tend to make people’s eyes glaze over, keep in mind that these numbers represent how you helped to absolutely transform […]
