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About Us — Direct relief assistance renewing poor communities in the Caribbean and Latin America
Food For The Poor, the largest international relief and development organization based in the U.S., is an interdenominational Christian agency working to physically and spiritually renew impoverished people throughout 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1982 as a 501(c)(3) corporation, our goals are to improve the health, economic, social and spiritual conditions of the men, women and children we serve. By working together with like-minded organizations, missionaries, churches and communities in these regions, we ensure that aid reaches those who need it most. We fulfill our mission by raising funds for development projects and acquiring gifts in kind to provide specifically requested direct relief assistance, which is distributed through our reliable in-country partners. Our hope is that this ministry reflects God’s unconditional love, which surrenders all, inspires trust and faith, and embraces all people regardless of race, status or creed. We believe that Christ is alive, and that we can best serve Him by being of assistance to those in the greatest need (Matthew 25:31-40). Finally, we stress the need for regular prayer to guide and maintain the purity of our mission, to link the church of the First World with the church of the Third World in a manner that helps both the materially poor and the poor in spirit. Food For The Poor facts and outcomes
• Since our founding in 1982, Food For The Poor has provided more than $8.2 billion in aid and has built more than 73,605 housing units for people in need of adequate shelter. • Food For The Poor has maintained fundraising and administrative costs of less than 4% of its expenses; more than 96% of all donations go directly to programs that help the poor. • Food For The Poor operates and supports feeding programs that feed 2 million people a day. We distributed more than 61.6 million pounds of food to malnourished children and their families in 2010. • Our Angels Of Hope program sponsors more than 3,600 children in 95 orphanages throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. • In 2010, Food For The Poor shipped 4,389 containers of aid and built 9,460 new housing units in the countries we serve. • Food For The Poor has consistently received the highest possible rating from charity oversight organization Ministry Watch (5 stars). • Our fruit tree program, started in 2007, has resulted in the planting of more than 585,000 fruit trees in Haiti and Jamaica. • We have completed 281 aquaculture fish farming ponds that supply a much-needed sustainable source of protein and income for poor communities. • Food For The Poor provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance. Since our inception we have completed more than 1,188 water projects. • Micro-enterprise programs include fishing village empowerment, animal husbandry, agricultural development, fish farming, and programs for women such as sewing, baking and embroidery classes. • For more information, please contact Food For The Poor's Public Relations Department at (954) 427-2222 x 6614, or newsroom@foodforthepoor.com
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