Food For The Poor, Inc. - Women

Bringing dignity and hope to impoverished women in the Caribbean and Latin America, FFP's programs empower women, promote self-sufficiency and provide skills training, direct relief, medical care, food and housing.

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 programs assist women through the provision of the basic necessities of life – food, housing, and medical and educational assistance.  Providing the women who are the caregivers with long-term, sustainable solutions to poverty is a priority at Food For The Poor. To accomplish this, we have developed several micro-enterprise programs that help the poor help themselves. Some of these

projects include:

• Fishing villages in Jamaica and Haiti
  
• Agricultural research and training centers in Nicaragua,
• El Salvador and Jamaica
  
• Tilapia farms in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, the
• Dominican Republic and  Haiti
  
• Animal rearing projects
  
• Woodworking shops
  
• Sewing enterprises
  
• Bakeries

These skills training and micro-enterprise projects not only help provide the poor with income; they also restore hope and human dignity. In many cases, the women receiving help will in turn help others in their community.

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