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Family celebrates ‘blessing of giving’

July 26th, 201104:34 PM ET

By Food for the poor

People who give say they feel happier and more fulfilled when they are able to share their blessings with others. Those sentiments were expressed by Kansas City businessman Joe Roetheli and his wife, Judy, who traveled to the remote Essequibo Coast in Guyana, to inaugurate the fourth self-sustaining village they have commissioned in partnership wit...
Food For The Poor celebrates 20 years of service in Guyana

June 03rd, 201110:55 AM ET

By Food for the poor

Thanks to the continued support of Food For The Poor donors, the third-largest international relief and development agency in the United States will celebrate two decades of service to Guyana's poor on Friday, June 3. Food For The Poor began working in Guyana in 1991, delivering food and other basic items to Guyana's poor. Since then, the Florida-...
Easter inspires Food For The Poor to free prisoners, unite families

April 21st, 201112:16 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Since the inception of Food For The Poor's Prison Ministry Program in 1998, Food For The Poor has assisted in freeing, training and reintroducing prisoners back into the community as productive citizens. Food For The Poor has released 85 nonviolent offenders in Guyana, Haiti and Jamaica in time to spend Holy Week with their families. These prisone...
Food For The Poor Organizes Prisoner Releases for Nonviolent Offenders in Jamaica, Guyana, and Haiti

December 23rd, 201002:35 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Food For The Poor staff distributed meals to prisoners in Cap-Haitien. In developing countries, the destitute sometimes have no option to feed their families other than to steal food and commit nonviolent offenses. This decision is not made lightly, as they know the consequence is imprisonment without first appear...
Food For The Poor’s Christmas Catalog Offers Gifts of Love For Those Who Have Everything and Those Who Have Nothing

December 08th, 201002:17 PM ET

By Food for the poor

In today’s current economy, the South Florida-based humanitarian organization Food For The Poor offers unique gift ideas that will continue to provide comfort and joy long after Christmas has passed. Food For The Poor’s gift catalog is filled with opportunities to change lives in this season of love and hope. The heartfelt gifts offered throug...
Family Celebrates ‘True Miracles of the Jungle’

July 07th, 201009:15 AM ET

By Food for the poor

Kansas City businessman, Joe Roetheli, traveled by plane, motorboat and car earlier this month to reach the remote Essequibo Coast, in Guyana, to inaugurate a third self-sustaining village commissioned in partnership with Food For The Poor. After an adventure that included crossing Guyana's largest river, the travelers were greeted with the sight o...
American Success Story Builds Dreams in Guyana

January 27th, 201004:58 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Living in abject poverty in Guyana - one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere - can rob a person of their ability to dream. In contrast, Joe and Judy Roetheli's big dreams helped them achieve success and replace once crumbling shacks, and cries of suffering, into self-sustaining villages and tears of joy in that same country. "After ...
Food For The Poor Observes 18 Years in Guyana

June 15th, 200901:43 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Food For The Poor, the largest international charity in the United States, is commemorating nearly two decades of service to the poor in Guyana. Food For The Poor began working in Guyana on June 3, 1991, delivering food and other basic items to Guyana's poor. Since then, the Florida-based nonprofit has expanded its services in Guyana to meet the g...

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