COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 22, 2018) Ambassador Timothy T.Y. Hsiang, Secretary General of Taiwan’s International Cooperation and Development Fund, and others from the foreign aid organization visited Food For The Poor’s headquarters on Thursday. Hsiang and Food For The Poor President/CEO Robin Mahfood exchanged gifts, renewing their commitment to continue to work together to find […]
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Republic Airways Keeps Promise, Builds Hope in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 18, 2018) The community of Barriere Battant in Petit Goave, Haiti, is being renewed thanks to a promise Republic Airways made one year ago when its CEO visited the Caribbean nation for the first time with Food For The Poor. “Last year, we told you that you were a part of […]
Donors Help El Salvador Families Weave Hope for a Brighter Future
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 11, 2018) For poor families in the tiny community of Caserio Copante, the future is as bright as the vivid colors in the handmade hammocks that are an essential part of life for many in El Salvador. Thanks to compassionate donors, families are living in 30 new safe, secure homes with […]
Food For The Poor Responds to Volcano Disaster in Guatemala
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 5, 2018) Food For The Poor’s partners in Guatemala are rushing emergency aid to help families recovering from Sunday’s deadly volcanic eruption. Critical items being distributed include medical supplies, food and clothing. The charity also has shipped an additional 75 tractor-trailer loads to Guatemala, part of its ongoing aid to the […]
Gifts of Change are Enriching Lives in Haiti: Operation Starfish® Celebrates 20 Years with Food For The Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 24, 2018) Great things can come out of small sacrifices and pocket change. Today, Fr. Robert C. Cilinski, pastor of the Church of the Nativity in Burke, Va., presented Food For The Poor President/CEO Robin Mahfood with a donation from their 2018 Operation Starfish® campaign that will complete their 11th village […]
Family and Friends Help Piqua Native to Build Homes in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 23, 2018) Visions of a new life soon will become a reality for 50 families living in unimaginable conditions in Savann Kabrit, Haiti. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of Ben and Louise Scott, the Boca Grande Hope For Haitians Committee and generous donors in Piqua, Ohio, 50 homes will be built […]
Taiwan Officials Visit Food For The Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 22, 2018) Today, the new Director General of the Taipei Economic Cultural Office in Miami visited Food For The Poor’s headquarters to offer support of the work that the organization is doing for the poor, especially in Haiti. Director General David K.C. Chien and Food For The Poor President/CEO Robin Mahfood […]
Puerto Rico Recovery Continues as New Hurricane Season Begins
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 17, 2018) As a new hurricane season looms in two weeks, many people in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands still are suffering from last season’s deadly storms. Fr. Enrique Camacho traveled from Puerto Rico to Food For The Poor’s Coconut Creek headquarters this week to provide an update on the […]
BB&T Employees Fill 200 Hygiene Kits for Orphanages in Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 16, 2018) Boys and girls in six orphanages in Jamaica will receive their own personal hygiene kits, thanks to a generous donation from BB&T Bank. Thirteen employees from BB&T’s offices across South Florida stuffed 200 clear vinyl bags trimmed in red with bars of soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoo, lotions, combs […]
Colorado Couple Changing Lives in Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 4, 2018) “You didn’t even know us, and you came and provided for us. We now live in paradise.” That message was delivered again and again during a late-April trip to Jamaica that took Food For The Poor donors from the beaches and rivers of Montego Bay to the inner-city gang […]