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Nothing Grows Here Anymore but Hunger

November 22, 2021July 29, 2014 Joy

When staff writer Bonnie Vanak travels, she meets many mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers in the depths of despair. She sits with them and listens as they share their struggles, their dreams and their prayers. Today, Bonnie shares the story of a mother she met in the mountains of Guatemala while on assignment with […]

What We Get When We Give

November 22, 2021September 30, 2014 Joy

At Food For The Poor, we’re blessed to have dedicated and loving board members like Dr. Lynne Nasrallah. This educator has served on our board for nine years and often travels with us. She also chairs the Orlando “A Celebration of Hope” gala, which builds homes for destitute families in remote areas of Haiti. She […]

A House with No Walls

November 22, 2021May 20, 2021 Jeanne Villena

In Nicaragua, Petronila lived in fear. Her home was a dangerous, rickety shack that had no walls. Whenever it rained, water would pour in from every direction. “… We couldn’t sleep because we would get wet,” Petronila said. “The children would miss school because they would get their backpacks and their notebooks wet.” Her worst […]

Before & After: How donor generosity gave a little boy a brighter future

November 22, 2021July 11, 2012 Megan

In 2006, when Food For The Poor’s Honduras development team first met him, 8-year-old Gerson David seemed to carry the weight of the world on his small shoulders. His father had abandoned the family, and Gerson alone was left to help his mother, Eliodora, care for his three older siblings — two brothers and a […]

Inspired by mission trip, FFP staff members become “Champions”

November 22, 2021August 16, 2012 Megan

By Karen Gaulette Curtiss, FFP Campaign Advisor: In September of 2011, 16 Food For The Poor employees set out on a mission trip to Haiti, my homeland. Some of us went out of curiosity, others went because every day we are told of the extreme poverty in Haiti, but like many, we questioned the level of […]

A Typical Home for the Rural Poor in El Salvador

November 22, 2021July 19, 2013 April

By April Simpson “Bahareque” homes, made mostly with bamboo, mud and sticks, are a traditional form of construction still practiced in rural areas of Latin America, including El Salvador.

Angels of Hope orphans draw self-esteem, Biblical knowledge from contest

November 22, 2021July 17, 2013 Joy

The 6th annual Angels of Hope Drawing Contest is now under way.

What’s for Dinner in Guatemala?

November 22, 2021August 28, 2013 Joy

By Paul Jacobs As a member of Food For The Poor’s radio team, Paul visits remote and rural parts of the countries Food For The Poor serves. Today, he shares a story about a mother he met in Guatemala.

A Mother Continues the Work Her Son Started

November 22, 2021March 4, 2014 Victoria Green

On January 16, 2014, Rosemarie Smith helped build a purple house in Jamaica. She worked alongside family, old friends and new ones, to build the house on the one-year anniversary of her son Kyle Good’s death, in his memory. Then, in a moving ceremony, she handed over the keys to the home to its new […]