Food for the Poor, Inc. - Hunger

FFP provides food to millions of starving people in the Caribbean and Latin America, including school children, orphans and the elderly. FFP partners with churches, schools, hospitals, missionaries and many charitable organizations.

Why do we exist?

Food For The Poor exists as God’s instrument to help the materially poor and to renew the poor in spirit.  Our assistance efforts in the Caribbean and Latin America empower local churches, clergy and lay leaders with goods and supplies to assist those who are living in desperate poverty.

What have you accomplished?

Food For The Poor operates and supports feeding programs that feed millions of people regularly. To accomplish this, we partner with churches, schools, hospitals, missionaries and charitable organizations such as the Salvation Army, Caritas, the American-Nicaraguan Foundation, the Knights of Malta and others. Food For The Poor provided more than 54.4 million pounds of food to countless malnourished children and their families in 2007.

Food For The Poor feeds millions of destitute children and their families in the Caribbean and Latin America. Through our expansive network of distribution hubs, Food For The Poor supports thousands of partners in feeding the poorest of the poor. These organizations are located throughout the countries we serve.

Food For The Poor also maintains a longstanding partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on projects that provide food and milk for schoolchildren and their families, and which promote agricultural education in impoverished communities. In 2007, more than 22.8 million pounds of food were distributed to impoverished communities in Jamaica and Guatemala through USDA grants. In addition, the USDA’s Food For Progress program in Jamaica provides small farmers and families with seeds, tools, agricultural training and techniques to successfully market their crops.

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