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Thanks to 13 strangers, homes are being built in Honduras

July 07th, 201101:41 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Just three months after a group of 13 strangers from varied backgrounds traveled to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, with Food For The Poor, the group has generated enough donations to build a double-unit home. The new home funded by the group will be built in the Santa Barbara region later this summer. The group wants to build three more double-unit ho...
Strangers unite in a journey of hope for Honduras

April 27th, 201102:35 PM ET

By Food for the poor

It's been 12 years in the making, and now 13 strangers from varied backgrounds will be forever united after making a commitment to help the poorest of the poor in Honduras. The group decided to put words into action, and fund a home building project after traveling with Food For The Poor on its first mission trip to the Central American country...
Doral Overseas Chinese Business Chamber honors Food For The Poor

April 08th, 201102:55 PM ET

By Food for the poor

The Doral Overseas Chinese Business Chamber will honor the work of the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor on May 14, when the chamber has its second annual gala to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Food For The Poor has had a long and fruitful partnership with the Taiwan International Cooperation and...
From Louisiana, With Love: Child Sends Shoes to Girl in Honduras

December 08th, 201003:24 PM ET

By Food for the poor

When little Bailey Guillotte heard a Food For The Poor speaker talk about barefoot girls climbing rocky Honduran hillsides to fetch water for their families, the solution seemed simple to her. Bailey, 4, handed her pair of black patent shoes to Fr. Barry Thiering on the way out the door, and accepted a ride in her father’s arms to their car. She...
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...
New Shoes, New Hope to School Children in San Pedro Sula

June 04th, 201001:39 PM ET

By Food for the poor

In Honduras' second-largest city, San Pedro Sula, every student at Luis Garcia Bustamante elementary school received new shoes last month as part of an initiative overseen by Food For The Poor (FFP) and its in-country partner, CEPUDO. The sturdy sneakers replaced shoes that had holes and were falling apart. "One of the photographs documents the st...
His Eminence Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Celebrates Mass at Food For The Poor

October 22nd, 200910:36 AM ET

By Food for the poor

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (October 22, 2009) - Bearing a message of love and service, Cardinal Rodríguez traveled from his home country of Honduras to South Florida last week to visit Food For The Poor and celebrate its work in his country and 16 other countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. His Eminence Óscar Andrés Cardinal ...
Food For The Poor and CEPUDO Partner on Projects

June 22nd, 200901:57 PM ET

By Food for the poor

SAN PEDRO SULA, HONDURAS (June 11, 2009) - Five thousand Honduran schoolchildren will get new desks, and more than 48,000 residents will receive new shoes, thanks to a partnership between U.S.-based charity Food For The Poor (FFP) and CEPUDO. These latest projects supplement an initiative that has delivered more than $204 million worth of food, edu...

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