Food For The Poor Launches Year-End “Countdown to Transformation – 3X Match” to Provide Food for Families In Need
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 9, 2025) – As 2025 draws to a close, Food For The Poor (FFTP) is inviting donors to help families move beyond day-to-day survival toward lasting stability with a gift to the charity’s “Countdown to Transformation 3X Match” year-end campaign.
For families like Merary’s in Honduras, food security is the first step in rebuilding a life after disaster.
When Hurricanes Eta and Iota swept through her community in 2020, floods destroyed her home, wiped out crops, and left her family without reliable access to food or income. Forced to start over on a small plot of land donated by her father, Merary and her husband, Saúl, began a difficult journey toward stability. With support from FFTP donors, she received agricultural training, tools, and counseling that helped her feed her children, restore her livelihood, and regain hope.
Every dollar donated to FFTP’s “Countdown to Transformation 3X Match” year-end campaign by Dec. 31, 2025, will be matched with $3 worth of lifesaving food, up to $1 million, tripling immediate relief and building the foundation for long-term food security for communities recovering from crisis.
“This year has been a challenging time for many of the people we serve in Latin America and the Caribbean,” said Ed Raine, FFTP President/CEO. “It has been an especially difficult time for our brothers and sisters in Jamaica who are still recovering from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa.”
Across Latin America and the Caribbean, families face hurdles that don’t end with one meal. Hurricanes destroying crops, conflict cutting off supply chains, and economic instability make food less accessible and unaffordable.
Food security isn’t an abstract concept; it’s a lived experience. When donors give, they make moments like these possible:
- • A mother in Jamaica no longer skips dinner so her children can eat because they receive a weekly supply of MannaPack meals.
- • A child in Haiti grows, learns, and enjoys playtime, thanks to the nutritious meals provided in a strong, reliable school feeding program.
- • A community garden thrives after a disaster because families receive seeds, tools, and training to once again grow their own vegetables.
The “Countdown to Transformation 3X Match” year-end campaign aims to respond to food insecurity by helping people like Merary in Honduras.
“By making a year-end gift, donors can help people like Merary transform their lives,” Raine said. “We can help them achieve food security in the form of steady, nutritious food for children, support for farmers who can cultivate food for themselves and to sell, and the ability to rebuild food systems after disaster.”
Contributions in the form of cash, stocks, or other noncash assets, made before Dec. 31, 2025, may be eligible for tax deductions that provide financial benefits to donors. For example, donors who take a standard deduction can now deduct up to $1,000 ($2,000 for married couples) in charitable giving, thanks to a new tax law.
“Every gift — large or small — helps ensure families facing hunger can count on the nourishing meals they deserve,” Raine said. “And making the gift as a year-end donation can potentially reduce your taxable donation for the year.”
About Food For The Poor
Food For The Poor, one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the United States, is committed to facilitating paths out of poverty and transforming lives. As an interdenominational Christian ministry, we help families across Latin America and the Caribbean. Our efforts span urgent humanitarian relief and long-term development – from emergency aid and hunger alleviation to education, housing, and economic empowerment. We follow a distinctive approach that integrates faith, multi-sector strategies, and trusted partnerships. Whenever possible, we strive to work at the community level, partnering with local leaders and residents to co-create sustainable solutions that address the multi-dimensional nature of poverty. For more information, please visit foodforthepoor.org.
Ernestine Williams
Communications
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