Archives: Press Releases

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 17, 2022) When asked where she sleeps, Iltica points to the ground in Périgny, Haiti, not far from the dilapidated home that was destroyed by a devastating earthquake last August. For Iltica and other families in Périgny, their hopes for sturdy homes are about to be realized. Construction is scheduled to […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2022) Food For The Poor commemorates its 40th anniversary today with a tribute to its founders and heartfelt presentations to individuals who have been an integral part of the organization’s history. Presented online to FFTP team members and donors, the Founders Day celebration comes as the organization continues its longstanding […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 7, 2022) Twenty families in Villanueva, Honduras, soon will receive the gift of a new home, thanks to a generous Food For The Poor donor and supporters of an initiative to honor the victims of the tragedy four years ago at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The homes […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2022) For children and their families, a cancer diagnosis is frightening enough. But in Honduras, the reality is even worse due to a lack of medical care. Today, as the world commemorates World Cancer Day, Food For The Poor with the help of in-country partner CEPUDO and the Honduran Foundation […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 31, 2022) Families in Haiti still struggling and left homeless from a massive earthquake in August face even more challenges after two more significant quakes struck the nation’s southern peninsula one week ago, killing at least two people and injuring dozens of students. And today, the people of Cap-Haitien in the […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 25, 2022) Food For The Poor and the Republic of China (Taiwan) have renewed their longstanding annual pledge to provide lifesaving rice to Haiti, where a humanitarian crisis is expected to worsen this year. Food For The Poor-Haiti will receive 440 tractor-trailer loads of lifesaving rice from the Republic of China […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 21, 2021) A total of 105 nonviolent prisoners will be home for Christmas, thanks to Food For The Poor and the generous donors who support the charity’s prison ministry. For more than two decades, FFTP has honored the tradition of securing the release of nonviolent offenders in Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, and […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2021) Twelve impoverished families in a tiny Guatemalan community soon will have new homes and a better quality of life, thanks to the generosity of real estate broker George Khoury, a dedicated supporter of Food For The Poor. Khoury, CEO of GK Realty Group and GK Premier Properties, donated more […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 14, 2021) Just two months ago, Marcos de Jesus and his two sons, Marcos Andres and Thomas Felipe, lost their wife and mother from scleroderma, a cruel skin-hardening disease. Paying the rent was a challenge. But now they have the security of a new home in Granada, Colombia, and don’t live […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 13, 2021) Food For The Poor is responding to the needs of people in Kentucky affected by tornadoes that tore through the state, leaving a path of destruction with at least 64 dead and more than 100 still missing as of midday today. FFTP is working with the Diocese of Owensboro […]