In this blog, you will meet young entrepreneurs in rural Colombia who are turning classroom lessons into thriving micro‑businesses that boost family income, restore dignity and open doors to long-term opportunity. You will see how skills training, seed capital and spiritual encouragement are helping them move from surviving to thriving, and how your support for […]
Tag: micro-enterprise
Three Ways Unity Through Giving Empowers Positive Change
In a world filled with division, unity through giving emerges as a powerful force for positive change. When we share our time, talent, and resources, we forge connections that transform lives. Giving isn’t just about charity, it’s a catalyst for shared strength. It is generosity in action. The very act of giving is an act […]
A Grateful Farmer Thanks Our Generous Donors
A Champion For The Poor recently funded a chicken farm project and, in turn, changed the life of a man named Gerald. Gerald had been working small gardening jobs, but was having trouble earning enough to support his family. Since receiving chickens and a coop as part of the farming project, he has begun to […]
2013 Annual Report
Every day, you, our Food For The Poor donors, change lives and transform communities throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Over the course of a year, that generosity adds up to 365 days worth of miracles, blessings and hallelujahs for poor families. Have a look at just a few things you made possible in 2013. […]
Boca Grande Brings More Blessings to Haiti
The community of Manneville in Haiti is only about 860 miles from Boca Grande, Fla., but it is a world away.
Beekeeping in Jamaica
One of the many ways FFP works to empower (rural and urban) farmers in Jamaica is through beekeeping. In addition to the benefit beekeepers receive from managing hives and producing honey, the projects are great for the bees themselves. With the alarming trend of bee populations being decimated around the world, healthy beekeeping projects are all […]
Banana Bark Cards
Our Banana Bark Card program offers employment to talented artisans in Haiti and gives them a chance to earn income to provide for their families. The chance to work offers the hope of a more prosperous future.
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 […]
All-Nighter for the Poor
In South Florida, college students are organizing campus events to commemorate World Food Day in partnership with the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor.
FFP Fishing Villages
Can you imagine waking up before dawn, fishing all day in the hot sun on an empty stomach, only to return with a few small fish for your hungry family? Add to this the weight of knowing your family is entirely dependent on you to bring home food, and will only be able to eat […]