Help for Guyana

Food For The Poor (FFTP) began working in Guyana in 1991, delivering food and other basic items. Since then, the Florida-based nonprofit has expanded its services to meet the growing needs of the country’s impoverished residents. FFTP-Guyana is now the leading organization in the South American country providing aid from its distribution center in Georgetown.

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Housing

Housing

FFTP built three homes in 2023, and 2,228 homes since inception.

Water

Water

Access to fresh, treated drinking water can promote hygiene and prevent the spread of disease.

Food

Food

FFTP & Grace Ministries have teamed up to provide 6 months’ worth of food aid to 4 different communities in the surrounding area of Region 1.

Education

Education

FFTP supports various schools with daily school meals, often the only meals the children receive on any given day.

Medicine

Medicine

Medical facilities answer an unmet need for those in areas where care is unaffordable.

Emergency aid

Emergency aid

In 2022, FFTP shipped 138 containers of essential goods, and nonperishable food to Guyana including clothing, medical and assorted canned food.

Children

Children

FFTP donors helped with the care of 130 children in eight children’s homes in the Angels Of Hope program.

Sustainability

Sustainability

FFTP provided support to Grace Ministries in Region 1 with vehicles, boats, construction of several buildings, and training to help vulnerable indigenous people.

Community Support

Community Support

Hardworking parents no longer struggle to provide essentials and can focus on employment.

Micro-Finance

Micro-Finance

Artisans can use their talents to earn income and provide for their families.

Prison Ministry

Prison Ministry

During Holy Week, FFTP paid the fines for one nonviolent prisoner who was imprisoned for a minor offense and was unable to pay the fines required for his release.

God’s Love

God’s Love

People’s faith in the light of Christ delivers them from the darkness shadowing their lives.

Our Impact in Guyana

2022

In 2022, FFTP shipped 94 containers of essential goods, and nonperishable food to Guyana including clothing, medical and assorted canned food.

2022

In 2022, FFTP donors helped with the care of 172 children in 9 children’s homes in the Angels Of Hope program.

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