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Desperately seeking cribs

November 22, 2021August 24, 2012 Megan

Every night across the Caribbean and Latin America, destitute parents put their babies to bed within precarious hammocks and on sponge mats littering dirt floors. These children have never known the comfort and safety of a crib. Instead, they know makeshift beds that keep them vulnerable to the elements – and roaming animals. When the […]

This year, bless a family in need with your holiday cards

November 22, 2021September 28, 2012 Megan

Perhaps the most powerful weapon humanity has against poverty is micro-enterprise. In developing countries, the term generally refers to small, self-run business ventures, but among non-profits, it means helping the downtrodden help themselves by providing the training and resources necessary for them to do so. When someone becomes the instrument of their own personal advancement, […]

How to make your new year’s resolutions stick

November 22, 2021January 2, 2013 Joy

A new year brings renewed hope that our goals will be met. We’ll be slimmer, we say. We’ll spend more time with our families, we say. This is our last puff of a cigarette, we say. According to Time magazine, those three resolutions are among the ones most-often broken. That’s not to say you can’t […]

Our Drums of Hope

November 22, 2021December 30, 2009 Angel

Nations of rice and rum, of drought and storms,Let us hear your song! Let us hear your song!Nations of beans and corn,Let us hear your song!Nations of breadfruit and yams,Let us hear your song! The guitar is wounded with five sharp swords.Oh, what a sad song! What a sad song!A song of hunger and thirst,What […]

Our donors are super heroes!

November 22, 2021November 30, 2017 Victoria Green

One hundred homes will be built for poor families in Jamaica, Honduras and Nicaragua, thanks to the generous support of Food For The Poor donors on #GivingTuesday. Food For The Poor Executive Director Angel Aloma shares his loving gratitude: “Our donors are super heroes! Our countries are always in crisis – and not necessarily from natural […]

Help a Child in Need of School Supplies

November 22, 2021September 5, 2018 Victoria Green

In developing countries, parents often cannot afford school supplies for their children, but through our new Amazon Wish List you can help! Please visit www.lotowordpress.com/backtoschool to shop for the school supplies that are needed by students in the countries we serve. You can choose from among several essential items, such as pencils, backpacks and notebooks. […]

Every Child Deserves a Toy!

November 22, 2021October 17, 2018 Victoria Green

Help bring Christmas joy to the children of the Caribbean and Latin America by giving new or used unwrapped toys. The easiest way to give is through our new Amazon Wish List! Please visit www.lotowordpress.com/toydrive to shop for toys, including teddy bears, soccer balls and action figures. We will deliver the toys to children in […]

La Chureca, The Garbage Dump Outside of Managua

November 22, 2021May 14, 2009 Angel

Seven years ago, I visited La Chureca, the garbage dump outside of Managua, Nicaragua. There, I met a man of my own age (52 then) that had been working in garbage dumps since he was 12 years old – 40 years!! He looked 75… life had treated him so discourteously. He told me that he […]

Buying Container Loads of Musical Instruments

November 22, 2021May 18, 2009 Angel

For some time now, Food for the Poor, through the generosity of its donors, has been buying container-loads of musical instruments and sending them to the poorest areas of our countries, to schools and communities, hoping that the young people who receive them will choose a musical instrument over a knife or gun. The program […]