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  • Every dollar you give today will deliver over $19 worth of lifesaving aid

    September 08th, 201101:57 PM ET
    By Food for the poor
    Food For The Poor recently received a generous donation of food and other critically needed supplies from our corporate partners who want to help us alleviate the suffering of hungry children and their families. But in order to provide this aid as quickly as possible, we need your help to cover shipping and distribution expenses. Every dollar ...

  • Gifts sure to delight, restore the ability to dream

    May 06th, 201111:04 AM ET
    By Food for the poor
    This Mother's Day, celebrate your mom by giving her a gift that honors her legacy and improves the lives of mothers in developing countries. From child sponsorship opportunities, to milk-producing goats and sewing machines used for micro-enterprise, Food For The Poor's online catalog is brimming with unique gift options for every budget. For ...

  • WLRN campaign feeds 780 children in Haiti for 6 months

    April 18th, 201111:39 AM ET
    By Food for the poor
    More than 780 children in Haiti will be fed for six months, thanks to the generosity of Friends of WLRN and compassionate public radio listeners. For every $100 committed by supporters who called to make a donation on March 17, Friends of WLRN sent $18 to Food For The Poor. At a time when soaring food and fuel prices are threatening nonprofits' ab...

  • Malnutrition starves children, economies of a lifetime of potential

    September 22nd, 201006:51 PM ET
    By World Vision staff
    Jeanette is five years old but unnaturally tiny for her age. A year ago she could not stand, play with other children, eat solids or talk. The thin monotonous wail that convulsed her scrawny frame drove her mother, Esperance, to distraction. “I desperately feared that she might die”, says the 45-year-old. “Her hair color changed. It turned or...

  • Help Food For The Poor award two orphans with $500 each

    August 12th, 201009:21 AM ET
    By Food for the poor
    Each year, Angels of Hope orphans compete in a Food For The Poor drawing contest. Last year, artists Bayardo Hernandez Reyes, 12, of Nicaragua and Nolberto Antonio Acosta, 15, of Honduras won. This year, the theme in the junior division (includes orphans age 12 and younger) is “love” based on John 13:34: “A new command I give you: Love one a...

  • An empty chair -- a distraught mother -- but why?

    July 02nd, 201009:14 AM ET
    By Food for the poor
    The small voice was forever silenced when malnutrition took his young life. Maria Gomez's four remaining children can only look at their mother in bewilderment. They don't understand why their brother Jarlin, age 5 months, is no longer there. They can only cry for the food Maria cannot provide. Maria Gomez of Nicaragua struggles to feed her fou...

  • Three Wise Boys Demonstrate The Spirit of Giving

    November 18th, 200910:31 AM ET
    By Food for the poor
    CHOWCHILLA, Ca. (Nov. 17, 2009) - Three young brothers are on a mission to collect and recycle bottles to earn money to purchase chickens through Food For The Poor's gift catalog. In the spirit of true Christmas giving, the boys plan to use the money they have saved to shop for a worthy cause and change lives. "Our boys ask everyone they meet for ...

  • Climb Up in Charlotte and Save Lives

    October 28th, 200911:41 AM ET
    By Tanya Weaver
    On November 6-7th, the American Foundation for Children with AIDS will host the Climb Up in Charlotte event in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of the foundation's annual Climb Up So Kids Can Grow Up charity series. This fundraising program challenges participants to engage in activities such as hiking, climbing, running, and cycling to raise awa...

  • Japan’s Gift To Food For The Poor Improves Lives for Jamaica’s Children

    October 20th, 200902:57 PM ET
    By Food for the poor
    COCONUT CREEK, FL (Oct. 20, 2009) - In rural parts of Jamaica where sub-standard pit latrines are used instead of flush toilets and children do not have basins to wash their hands, Japan's government is ensuring through Food For The Poor that modern day restrooms be constructed on several school grounds. More than 1,600 school children and staff fr...

  • Getting to Know Us - American Foundation for Children with AIDS

    October 14th, 200909:46 AM ET
    By Tanya Weaver
    The American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA) is a non-profit organization based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. AFCA helps HIV+/AIDS children and their guardians in sub-Saharan Africa who have no other access to aid by providing critical AIDS and related medications, medical equipment and supplies, nutritional supplements, and emergency suppl...
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