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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 ...
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...
During Lent, don’t just give something up — GIVE comfort to the desperate poor

March 09th, 201109:26 AM ET

By Food for the poor

"We didn't eat today," Philomise whispered inside her mud hut in northern Haiti. "Yesterday, we got a little something from a neighbor." When her children ask why there is no food, Philomise tenderly encourages them to try to sleep so they won't think about their hunger. The woeful mother then sits up, waits and prays for her husband to return...
Soaring Food, Fuel Prices Pose Double Threat to Poor

March 02nd, 201102:54 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Workers from Food For The Poor often find families in developing countries who have not eaten for three or four days. Either there is no food available at all, or they have no money with which to buy even a small bag of rice. Now, because of soaring food and fuel costs, their food sources will be further threatened. Floods, drought, and crop fail...
Through Dec. 31, gifts for feeding Haiti’s children are being doubled

December 28th, 201002:53 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Can you imagine having to tell your children that "today is not your turn to eat?" While visiting earthquake-devastated Haiti earlier this year, Food For The Poor Executive Director Angel Aloma witnessed one child eating a handful of rice while his older brother merely watched. "Today is not my turn to eat," the boy told Aloma. Haiti is home...
Gifts to help Haiti will be matched up to $50,000!

July 12th, 201011:07 AM ET

By Food for the poor

Through the generosity of donors like you, Food For The Poor has provided more than $100 million in goods and services to the people of Haiti since January 12. Much more remains to be done for those who pray and wait for help. Food For The Poor now has a unique opportunity to help even more struggling families. A generous donor has agreed to match...
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...
Students Nationwide Commemorate World Food Day

October 27th, 200910:26 AM ET

By Food for the poor

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Oct. 26, 2009) - College students at more than 35 campuses nationwide pulled an all-nighter with the international relief organization Food For The Poor to commemorate World Food Day on Oct. 16. Their goal was to help end hunger in developing countries. "The students e-mailed their friends and contacts on Facebook and Twitter,...
Critical hour for Zimbabwe’s starving children.

June 30th, 200904:49 PM ET

By Campus Crusade for Christ

Campus Crusade for Christ International staff leader in Zimbabwe reports: "At this present moment 5.1 million people are on the verge of facing serious starvation in Zimbabwe. There is no food. The shops are empty. The supermarkets don't have anything. The exchange rate currently is $1 US = 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollars..." The desperate coun...

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