Archives: Press Releases

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 8, 2024) – Today, Food For The Poor (FFTP) is proud to join the global celebration of International Women’s Day 2024 and recognize the achievements of women in Latin American and the Caribbean whose lives have been transformed, thanks to the charity’s generous donors. In Honduras, Lorenza, a mother of six, […]

UPDATE #6- June 27, 2024 • The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police, including a couple hundred officers from Kenya, arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, June 25 to launch a peacekeeping mission. Kenyan police in Haiti will be joined by police from the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Chad and Jamaica for a total of 2,500 officers. […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 4, 2024) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) paid tribute to the late Joe Mahfood, a beloved member of the FFTP family, with the renovation and dedication ceremony for the Portland Cottage Primary School near Clarendon, Jamaica. Mahfood, who died in Jamaica on April 8, 2021, at age 78, helped found […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 16, 2024) – Today, Food For The Poor (FFTP) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) announced a new agreement to distribute lifesaving rice to hungry families in Guatemala. The Republic of China (Taiwan) is donating 1,000 metric tons of rice this year to FFTP. The amount of rice is equal to […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 14, 2024) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) commemorated its 42nd anniversary Monday with a special tribute to Patty Mahfood, the wife of the charity’s late founder, Ferdinand “Ferdy” Mahfood. Patty Mahfood was presented with the Founders Cornerstone Award, acknowledging the legacy of Ferdy Mahfood and the pivotal role she played […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2024) – Congregants and clergy gathered in Jamaica on Saturday to celebrate the work of the Most Rev. Burchell A. McPherson, D.D., a member of the Food For The Poor (FFTP) Board of Directors, in honor of his retirement as Bishop of Montego Bay. Affectionately known as Bishop Burchell, the […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 30, 2024) – A collaboration between Food For The Poor (FFTP) and World Pediatric Project (WPP) provides specialized medical care and comprehensive assistance to children in Latin America who require complex surgical interventions beyond their home countries’ capabilities. The collaboration includes two programs: The U.S. Referrals Program and the Latin America […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2024) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) are once again demonstrating their longstanding commitment to provide lifesaving rice to Haiti. Food For The Poor-Haiti will receive more than 400 tractor-trailer loads of lifesaving rice from the Republic of China (Taiwan) in 2024, with the […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 18, 2024) – Fifty children and teenagers living in two Angels Of Hope (AOH) group homes supported by Food For The Poor (FFTP) in Haiti are now sleeping in comfortable beds, thanks to the generosity of Hope to Dream and Ashley. Hope to Dream, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, provides beds and […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 12, 2024) – For 15 years, Boca Grande Hope For Haitians has provided hope and homes in Haiti through Food For The Poor (FFTP). The Scott family’s campaign continues this year for 25 families in Terre Cassée. The goal is to raise funds to build 25 two-bedroom homes with water and […]