JAMAICA (December 22, 2019) “In the true spirit of Christmas, The Food for the Poor regional charity organization paid the fines of 79 non-violent offenders who were being held in prisons across the Caribbean and Latin America.” To read more, click here.
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Free for Christmas: Four Jamaicans Among 79 Prisoners Released from Prison After Food For The Poor Paid Their Fines – jamaicaobserver.com
JAMAICA (December 21, 2019) “Four inmates who were released from the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre are among 79 non-violent individuals in the Caribbean and Latin America released from prison in time for Christmas after their fines were paid by the charity Food For The Poor (FFP).” To read more, click here.
J’cans Among Prisoners Gifted Second Chance – jamaica-gleaner.com
JAMAICA (December 21, 2019) “‘This is not the life I want to live.’”… To read more, click here.
Canadians Raise Funds to Build 60 Homes for the Village of Derac, Haiti – cbj.ca
TORONTO (December 20, 2019) “Food For The Poor Canada launched the It Takes A Village to Build A Village campaign in September 2018 with the goal of building sixty homes in the village of Derac, Haiti.” To read more, click here.
This Christmas, Non-violent Offenders Get the Gift of a Second Chance – loopnewsbarbados.com
JAMAICA (December 20, 2019) “Food For The Poor has paid the fines of 79 nonviolent offenders for Christmas. They were held in prisons throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.”… To read more, click here.
‘A Life of Giving’ Watershed Second Episode Will Premiere This Holiday Season, Key Charities Set to Benefit – wfmj.com
REEDSVILLE, Wis. (December 20, 2019) “The latest episode of Rev. Richard Klingeisen’s show, ‘A Life of Giving’ is set to launch during the final week of 2019.”… To read more, click here.
Kind Hearts Foundation and FFP Hand Over New Ward to Spanish Town Hospital – jamaicaobserver.com
JAMAICA (December 18, 2019) “The Spanish Town Hospital received a new ward to help with the overcrowding challenge in the facility’s Accident and Emergency Unit on Saturday, December 7.” To read more, click here.
Food For The Poor Aim of Group – thevoice.us
AURORA, Ill. (December 17, 2019) “In late November, the women of St. Joseph Catholic Parish in Aurora, sent 157 colorful dresses and pants to Food for the Poor in Coconut Creek, Fla.. From there they were sent to Jamaica and Trinidad, for the needy children at these missions.”… To read more, click here.
New Mexico Man Starts Fifth 500-mile Walk – oaoa.com
ODESSA, Texas (December 17, 2019) “Food For The Poor donor Daniel Valdez, of Lovington, N.M., is set to begin his fifth 500-mile walk with the blessing of his local community.” To read more, click here.
Haiti – Humanitarian: Taiwan Will Donate to Haiti More than 20,000 Tonnes of Rice – haitilibre.com
HAITI (December 17, 2019) “Following the appeal for support launched at the UN by China to the international community to face the food crisis in Haiti, the Government of Taiwan (Republic of China) announces that it will donate 20,200 tonnes of Taiwanese rice to Haiti in 2020, including 13,000 tonnes will be intended for the […]