A Community Rises Out of the Ashes Stronger Than Before When a disaster strikes, the aftermath can be devastating, a trail of destruction that leaves communities with the heart-wrenching burden of picking up the pieces and rebuilding. Quick relief followed by effective disaster recovery efforts not only save more lives and reduce loss but ensure […]
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Disaster Relief: 4 Reasons Rapid Response Is Crucial to Saving Lives
When disaster strikes, entire villages, cities and regions can be affected, leaving hundreds or thousands of injured and displaced families in urgent need of lifesaving aid and assistance. That’s why it’s crucial to respond quickly. And to do that, being prepared BEFORE disaster strikes is key to saving more lives and recovering more quickly. Access […]
Food For The Poor Partners Provide Earthquake Relief to Ecuador
As Ecuador continues to recover from the April earthquake, longtime Food For The Poor partner Hormel Foods is providing essential food assistance. The charity will ship: 16 pallets of SKIPPY® peanut butter. 13 pallets of SPAM® single packages. Seaboard Marine has agreed to ship the relief items at no cost to the charity. Shipments of rice […]
Going Home: One Month After Puerto Rico’s Earthquake
By Jisabelle Garcia-Pedroso, Food For The Poor GIK Procurement Manager After I attended a wonderful family reunion in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico over the New Year’s holiday and Three Kings Day, my family and I awoke on January 7 at 4:25 a.m. to a violent 6.8 magnitude earthquake that would imprint a feeling I would […]