COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 24, 2023) Food For The Poor (FFTP), one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the United States, provided more than $442 million in aid in 2022, thanks to the generous support of its donors. Included in the charity’s newly released 2022 Annual Report, the total support of cash and […]
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Turkey Quake Survivors Receive Treated Water Thanks to FFTP, Water Mission
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 18, 2023) Families recovering from the deadly earthquakes that devastated Turkey in February have treated water to drink and meet their everyday needs, thanks to a partnership between Food For The Poor (FFTP) and Water Mission. FFTP’s generous donors provided funding for three water treatment systems. Each system can provide 10,000 gallons […]
Food For The Poor’s Spring Gift Catalog: Honor Mom With a Gift of Hope
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 8, 2023) Mother’s Day is less than a week away and the pressure’s on to find the perfect gift. Food For The Poor’s Spring Gift Catalog has a new look designed to make it easier to do just that. Caring donors can honor and celebrate moms by also blessing the most vulnerable […]
Rafe Cochran Golf Classic: Dedicated Golfers Raise Awareness, Funds to Help FFTP Build Classrooms
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 4, 2023) Golfers in the Seventh Annual Rafe Cochran Golf Classic gathered in joyous camaraderie to support the event’s 18-year-old namesake in helping Food For The Poor (FFTP) expand an overcrowded school in Jamaica. Twenty-one foursomes participated in the classic on May 1 at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, […]
Food For The Poor, Taiwan ICDF Forge New Commitment to Address Poverty
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 2, 2023) The top leadership of the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) visited Food For The Poor (FFTP) on Monday to renew their commitment to working with the charity to find better solutions for those who live in poverty. Ambassador Timothy Hsiang, Secretary General of the Taiwan ICDF, and FFTP […]
Food For The Poor Observes National Day of Prayer on May 4
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 1, 2023) Food For The Poor (FFTP) will observe the National Day of Prayer with a special one-hour prayer service on Thursday, May 4. The service will include scripture readings, songs and prayers. It will coincide with the charity’s weekly Thankful Thursday service in the prayer room of its Coconut Creek headquarters. […]
Hurricane Preparedness Week: FFTP Puts Supplies in Place Before Disaster Strikes
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 27, 2023) National Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 1 – 7, is fast approaching, and Food For The Poor (FFTP) is getting ready. The charity is preparing to position critical relief supplies in the Caribbean and Latin America so that its partners can respond quickly if a storm, earthquake or other disaster strikes. […]
FFTP, USAID & Airlink Provide Humanitarian Air Bridge for Haiti Cholera Response
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 26, 2023) Food For The Poor (FFTP) partnered with USAID and Airlink to deliver emergency relief supplies to Haiti through a massive humanitarian air bridge to Port-au-Prince in response to a cholera outbreak. The supplies sent to Haiti include 107 pallets containing 3,852 cases of MannaPack rice meals in the charity’s Coconut […]
Building Dreams in Haiti Reaches Goal to Improve School
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 25, 2023) Students and teachers at an overcrowded, structurally unsafe school in Kenscoff, Haiti, are closer than ever to realizing their dream of having a much-improved space for their studies, thanks to the generosity of Food For The Poor (FFTP) donors and the Building Dreams Virtual Event. The fundraiser launched last September […]
Food For The Poor Welcomes TECO’s New Leadership
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 21, 2023) The new Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami visited Food For The Poor (FFTP) on Thursday to reinforce how it is committed to working with the charity to lift families out of poverty. Director General Charles Chi-Yu Chou, who was joined by Deputy Director General […]