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Celebrate a Very Special Day

Celebrate a Very Special Day

February 11, 2022March 21, 2023 FFTP

Forty years ago, our shared journey began. We’re dedicated to living out the gospel and helping those living in extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean. And we are so grateful for the support of friends like you who make it all possible. Through your generosity, children whose bodies ache with hunger are fed. […]

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Share in Our Joyful Celebration

Share in Our Joyful Celebration

February 3, 2022March 21, 2023 FFTP

Food For The Poor will celebrate our 40th anniversary on February 12, 2022, and I thank God for YOU. The biblical history of the number 40, which appears numerous times across the Old and New Testaments, inspired early Christians in their dedication to Jesus and the Gospel. God gave each of us an awesome task: […]

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Relieve Families in Crisis

Relieve Families in Crisis

January 24, 2022March 21, 2023 FFTP

For 40 years, friends like you have stood alongside us to help poor children and families weather any storm — no matter how devastating. Your faith in God and the kindness of people like you has never wavered. That’s why we’re reaching out to our most steadfast friends, to help families in urgent need suffering […]

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Celebrate 40 Years of Faith

Celebrate 40 Years of Faith

January 18, 2022March 21, 2023 FFTP

Food For The Poor will celebrate our 40th anniversary on February 12, 2022. At the heart of periods when God prepared the world for meaningful changes, you can find the number 40: God flooded the earth (40 days and nights) Israel’s children wandered in the wilderness (40 years) Jesus and Moses were together on Mount […]

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A Day of Celebration for orphans

A Day of Celebration for orphans

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

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. […]

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Inspired by mission trip, FFP staff members become “Champions”

Inspired by mission trip, FFP staff members become “Champions”

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

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 […]

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What Giving Does to the Soul and Body

What Giving Does to the Soul and Body

November 22, 2021November 24, 2014 FFTP

“Give of yourself, give as much as you can! And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!… Give and you shall receive, much more than you would have ever thought possible. Give, give again and again… No one has ever become poor from giving.” — Anne Frank Food For The […]

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Desperately seeking cribs

Desperately seeking cribs

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

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 […]

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FFP Staff Profile: Helping Transform Lives

FFP Staff Profile: Helping Transform Lives

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

By Victoria Green In October of 2014, after having worked at Food For The Poor for just under three years, Natalie Hurtubise joined FFP’s Projects department as the Project Manager for Guatemala and El Salvador.

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Five Years after the Haiti Earthquake

Five Years after the Haiti Earthquake

November 22, 2021January 12, 2015 FFTP

By Joy Oglesby It was a warm Tuesday afternoon when the earth started to violently shift. Within minutes thousands were killed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as buildings collapsed on children, women and men. When the dust settled, more than 300,000 people were dead. Countless others were injured. More than 1 million instantly displaced. Since that terrible […]

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