Archives: Press Releases

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 18, 2023) Volunteers packed 2,400 women’s care kits Saturday at Food For The Poor’s first Hearts United Community Day event of 2023. Buoyed by community spirit, 141 volunteers moved to music and cheered each other on in the charity’s Coconut Creek warehouse as they filled bags and boxes with essential items such […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 17, 2023) Palm Beach County resident Rafe Cochran was inspired in the third grade to raise money to help Food For The Poor (FFTP) build homes in Haiti, taking the first step in using his passion for golf to help others. Today, just weeks before he graduates from high school, the 18-year-old […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 14, 2023) Volunteers are the heart and spirit behind Food For The Poor’s (FFTP) mission to help lift families out of poverty, and next week, the charity will honor their efforts in a special way. As FFTP commemorates National Volunteer Week April 16-22, the charity is hosting a special You Are The […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 11, 2023) Last week during Holy Week, 234 nonviolent offenders from Haiti and Jamaica’s prisons found freedom and a second chance, thanks to Food For The Poor (FFTP) and generous donors who support the charity’s prison ministry. The majority of these prisoners were jailed primarily for stealing food or livestock to help […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 10, 2023) Families in Périgny, Haiti, have new hope as Boca Grande Hope For Haitians has successfully raised funds to build 37 homes, inching closer to its goal of 40 homes. A community center, a key component of the development, is 70 percent completed and is on track to be finished this […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 6, 2023) Children with cancer who previously had no access to advanced health care in Honduras are receiving loving treatment and a better quality of life, thanks to the new Medical Center for Children with Cancer. The center, which opened in March 2022 in Tegucigalpa, is serving dozens of children every month, […]