PART THREE Early on Wednesday morning we took off in our bus for Cite Soleil (City of the Sun), a place that experiences horrendous poverty that has often manifested itself in violence and unrest. This gigantic seaside slum is home to almost 400,000 inhabitants of Port au Prince. The first place we visited there is […]
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Your Generosity Brings Tremendous Healing
A love letter from our Executive Director Angel Aloma to YOU: When people say to me, “God bless you,” I think to myself that if God were to cut me off at this very moment, I would still die in His debt for how richly he has blessed me. (God, that was just a statement of […]
‘My Burden is Too Large,’ Cries a Grandmother
On a recent trip to Haiti, I traveled to a village called Manneville. The poverty there was extreme.
‘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. […]
This year, bless a family in need with your holiday cards
Perhaps the most powerful weapon humanity has against poverty is micro-enterprise. In developing countries, the term generally refers to small, self-run business ventures, but among non-profits, it means helping the downtrodden help themselves by providing the training and resources necessary for them to do so. When someone becomes the instrument of their own personal advancement, […]
A proposed challenge for the people of Marale, Honduras
When walking though Marale, I came across the town’s “loca” (crazy lady), Virginia. I was captivated by her, initially because she reminded me of a drawing that appeared next to a poem by the Cuban black poet, Nicolás Guillén, called “La Muerte” (Death). Her face was so skeletal. I believe she is homeless, living in […]
Bringing a ray of comfort to Marale, Honduras
Marale, in the department of Francisco Morazan, was likely the hardest hit area by Hurricane Mitch in 1997. They suffered great loss, including loss of life. Many promises had been made to them, but little was done. Now, for the first time, promises were fulfilled in the form of 44 new homes for the families […]
Food For The Poor inaugurates Honduran village
I’m in a village called Valley of the Angels, about 35 minutes outside of Tegucigalpa. It is aptly named, one of the most beautiful places on earth. Before we started our 53 homes here, God had already done His beautiful work – surrounded by lush mountains and two rivers, the poor of this village that […]
Guatemala — After the floods
In early June 2010, after severe flooding occurred in Guatemala, a small team from Food For The Poor (FFP) – including Alice Marino, Director of Marketing, and Mark Khouri, Director of Goods In Kind – traveled with me there to meet with our partners, Caritas Arquediocesana. The purpose of our trip was to visit some […]
Haiti Diary: After the earthquake
THE BEGINNING About two hours before the “sinister” hit Haiti, I was on my way to the Miami Airport to take a flight to the Dominican Republic (DR) to meet with the country’s president. On my way there, I received a call advising that he would not be able to meet with me. I decided […]