COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 16, 2021) In the face of repeated violence and upheaval since the assassination of Haiti’s president, Food For The Poor is taking extraordinary measures to get aid to people who need it most. On Thursday, two trucks with incognito “spotters” on motorcycles leading the way delivered lifesaving food and other supplies […]
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FFTP, Minuto de Dios Committed to Lifting Families From Extreme Poverty: Charity Hosts New Executive Director of Minuto de Dios
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 14, 2021) The new executive director of Minuto de Dios visited Food For The Poor on Monday and met with its leadership to talk about how the two organizations can work together to lift families out of extreme poverty. FFTP President/CEO Ed Raine said the charity, with the help of partner […]
Donated Ambulance, Answered Prayer for a Honduras Town
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 13, 2021) A small mountainous town in Honduras has received a desperately needed ambulance, thanks to a generous donor from Allentown, Pa. For six decades, Cetronia Ambulance Corps has been saving lives and protecting the health of families in Pennsylvania. Now one of their vehicles has made its way to Vallecillo, […]
‘A Time of Great Need’: Food For The Poor, Churches Align in The Power of an Encounter
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 9, 2021) In the middle of the pandemic, Fr. Eddie Mercado wished out loud for a cow so he could sell the milk and use the money to build a home in Haiti for a family in desperate need. It was said in passing, but someone was listening. Months later, a […]
FFTP Hosts Top Christian Artists for Virtual Concert to Help Starving Families
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 8, 2021) Food For The Poor is hosting a virtual concert featuring two Grammy Award-winning Christian artists and other top musical talents to raise funds for hungry families in the Caribbean and Latin America, ravaged this year by the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes and a volcanic eruption. The National Celebration – We […]
In Courageous Mission, FFTP Resupplies Distribution Centers in Southern Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 5, 2021) In the post-storm hours of Sunday morning, a convoy of 10 40-foot tractor-trailers and two auxiliary trucks pulled out of the Food For The Poor-Haiti compound in Port-au-Prince at 6:30 a.m. Their mission, thoughtfully and courageously planned over the previous days, was to deliver lifesaving supplies to four empty […]
Food For The Poor Prepares for Hurricane Elsa in Haiti, Caribbean
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 2, 2021) Food For The Poor is preparing for an anticipated urgent need for aid in Haiti, where Hurricane Elsa could unleash strong winds and heavy rains in a country already beset by a humanitarian crisis fueled by civil unrest, gang violence and a spike in COVID-19 infections. FFTP also is […]
Food For The Poor 2020 Annual Report: New Logo Bridges Foundation of Past and Future
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 11, 2021) When donors open their Food For The Poor 2020 Annual Report, they will be introduced to the charity’s new logo, one inspired by the Christian mission of the charity and by FFTP’s President/CEO Ed Raine . That inspiration came as Raine was leaving the 20th Annual Celebration of Hope […]
FFTP Provides Solar-Powered Street Lights, Clean Water in the Bahamas
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 1, 2021) Food For The Poor, with the help of generous donors and partners, is providing solar-powered street lights and bringing clean water to areas of the Bahamas still recovering from Hurricane Dorian, which slammed the islands 21 months ago. The charity provided 150 solar-powered street lights to the Bahamas Disaster […]
FFTP, USSOUTHCOM Partner to Send COVID-19 Vaccine Freezers to Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 30, 2021) Eleven ultra-low temperature freezers specially equipped to store COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in Haiti on Thursday, in partnership with U.S. Southern Command. The government in Haiti has yet to vaccinate a single person against COVID-19 as the virus that largely spared the country last year has surged […]