Food For The Poor feeds hundreds of thousands of people each day and, since our inception in 1982, we have built more than 95,000 homes, built or expanded hundreds of schools, and provided more than $18.2 billion in aid to the poorest of the poor.
Additionally, in our 17 recipient countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, we provide emergency relief assistance, water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for vulnerable children, skills training and micro-enterprise opportunities.
Our mission is to link the church of the First World with the church of the Third World in a manner that helps both the materially poor and the poor in spirit.
The materially poor are served by local churches, clergy and lay leaders who have been empowered and supplied with goods by Food For The Poor. The poor in spirit are renewed by their relationship with and service to the poor through our direct ministry of teaching, encouragement and prayer.
Ultimately, we seek to bring both benefactors and recipients to a closer union with our Lord.