United in God’s Work
Who Our
WE ARE GUIDING PRINCIPLES: CRUSE
Food For The Poor is one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the United States providing long-term holistic solutions in primarily 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. We collaborate with trusted partners and supporters to facilitate paths out of poverty and into transformed lives.
(Collaboration, Right Things Right, Urgency, Stewardship, Engagement)
Our Christian faith inspires us to be an organization built on compassion and motivated by love. We follow Jesus’ example by joining community faith leaders in service and love.
Remaining culturally sensitive, we work together and develop ways to magnify Christ’s compassion so that all may come to know Him.
Our guiding principles define how we operate and reflect the mission and vision of Food For The Poor. Our ministry reflects Christ’s unconditional love, an endless supply of His mercy, and His compassion for us all.
OurTHEORY OF CHANGE
The theory of change is a structured framework, whether in diagram form or written description, that outlines how our organization or program strategies translate into real-world outcomes. This methodology aids us in clarifying our goals and identifying the necessary steps to attain them. Change refers to the transformation or broader
social impact Food For The Poor aims to achieve in the world. The theory represents the strategic process guiding how this change can occur. Ultimately, the theory of change serves to enhance our organization’s understanding of its goals through meticulous planning and evaluation.
TO FACILITATE PATHS OUT OF POVERTY
AND INTO
LIVES ARE TRANSFORMED
GOD’S LOVE ENCOUNTERED
ENGAGEMENT IS ACTIVE
BELONGING IS EXPERIENCED
• Urgent vulnerabilities are mitigated (relief)
• Capacities are built/enhanced (development)
• Christ is made visible Communities & program participants 5
• Generosity is demonstrated Volunteers & donors (“Supporters”) 6 7 8
• Faithfulness to follow Christ grows deeper
• Life-changing invitations are accepted
• Local transformation is envisioned
• Collaboration for holistic action occurs
• Local responses are delivered Implementing partners 3
• Transformation is envisioned
• Participation is committed
• Resources are mobilized Supporting partners 4
We facilitate paths out of poverty.
Our Foundation Matthew 25:40
We see and serve Christ when we see and serve the least of these
What
WE DO
Our goal is to deliver immediate relief to individuals facing poverty, empowering them to rebuild their lives, achieve independence, and inspire change in their communities.
By building connections, listening, planning, and working alongside in-country partners, individuals, and community leaders, we develop successful programs and solutions that tackle the causes of poverty and inequality. We help children and families reach their full potential.
Food For The Poor categorizes its work using 10 focus areas.
Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH)
EMERGENCY AID
Whenever the need arises, Food For The Poor stands ready to send immediate assistance to those affected by natural disasters.
FEEDING THE HUNGRY
Food For The Poor supports hundreds of foodgenerating projects and programs that help the hungry like school feeding programs, nutrition centers, agricultural programs, and more.
SHELTERING THE HOMELESS
Food For The Poor builds homes that are safe and sturdy, giving impoverished families peace of mind and helps with providing a fresh start in life. With our homes, families sleep more soundly and enjoy better health.
CLEAN WATER
Food For The Poor provides water wells, purification systems, hygienic sanitation facilities, and cisterns for villages in desperate need of a clean water source.
HEALING THE SICK
Food For The Poor provides medicine, medical supplies, and other lifesaving essentials to hospitals, clinics, and medical centers in the
countries we serve, allowing the destitute the care and attention they need.
EDUCATION
Educating children is one of our top priorities. We believe that education is essential for fully realizing the unique gifts God gave each one of us.
In addition to furnishing the needs of individual children with backpacks, clothing, and school supplies, we also help build schools and provide schools with furniture.
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
People use various abilities and resources to enhance their capabilities and make life meaningful. These capabilities are dependent on access to natural, human, physical, financial, social, spiritual, and cultural capital, which serve as essential assets. These assets are dynamic, and people continuously adapt and change them in response to both internal and external stressors.
PLANNED COMMUNITIES
In addition to feeding the hungry, providing access to life-giving water and building safe and sturdy homes, Food For The Poor builds communities that empower people through sustainable solutions to help families become self-sufficient.
PRIORITY COUNTRIES
Food For The Poor provides lifesaving support and development projects that help break the cycle of poverty in primarily 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. In times of emergency in other countries not listed, Food For the Poor will provide support in response to the crisis where trusted partners have been established.
Where How WE SERVE WE WORK
EXPANSION COUNTRIES
OTHER COUNTRIES
Food For The Poor operates as a platform by fostering interactions that create significant value. At the heart of its operations is the establishment of an interconnected ecosystem, comprising donors, program participants, volunteers, and partner organizations, all working together to combat poverty.
The metaphor of “crossroads” serves well in capturing FFTP’s Christian values and its role as a platform. The Cross represents the intersection of the divine and the human as well as the meeting point of various stakeholders — donors, supported individuals, volunteers, and partners — all united in God’s work.
Dominican Republic
Ecuador Guyana Grenada
Mexico
Panama Peru Saint Lucia Trinidad & Tobago
Haiti Jamaica Honduras
Guatemala El Salvador Colombia
OurUNIQUE APPROACH
STRATEGIC PLAN 2025 - 2027
PARTNERSHIPS
Our diverse partnerships facilitate the coordination and collaboration as we work together to achieve sustainable development and humanitarian relief goals. By leveraging diverse expertise, resources, and localized knowledge to enhance program effectiveness across multiple sectors and regions.
GOALS Goal 1: Drive operational excellence Goal 2: Shift paradigms (e.g., from building things to building lives)
3: Sharpen program delivery
4: Optimize fundraising effectiveness
5: Strengthen stewardship
International Disaster Response Partners Partners that provide emergency relief at the international level.
In-Country Partner
An implementing partner that participates in one or more Food For The Poor programs or sectors.
Subject Matter Experts
PARTNERSHIPS
Social Enterprise Enterprises & businesses engaging in social causes to help communities.
International Cooperation
Implementing Partners
A partner that works with in-country partners as implementers.
A partner with a particular expertise that provides Food For The Poor with a speciÞc solution related to program implementation.
International Cooperation Partners
Non-implementing international cooperation partners that play a large role in funding and grant procurement.
Our PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES
To sharpen our programs and initiatives, Food For The Poor is committed to embracing a suite of evidence-based, rigorously vetted interventions that are both contextually relevant and costefficient. This commitment involves focused investment initiatives that are not only aligned with our core mission but are also innovatively designed to meet the evolving needs of the communities we serve.
Food For The Poor’s objective is to ensure that our actions remain impactful, sustainable, and resonant with our aim of transformed lives.
Specifically, we are keenly interested in promoting and investing in the following initiatives:
• Sustainable community development
• WASH-related training
• Youth-focused interventions
• School feeding
• Rural food security
• Resilience building and disaster risk mitigation
• Access to quality education
• Financial literacy
• Smallholder farmer support
• Preventive health
• Microenterprise development
• Nutritional rehabilitation
• Mental health support
• Early childhood development
• Nursery and after-school care
• Development of community health workers
• Comprehensive maternal care
• Climate-smart agriculture
• Community-centered child sponsorship
• Renewable energy and livestock management
• Sustainable, costeffective building methods
• Pre-positioning relief kits for disaster response
• Procuring or developing fortified foods
Our ThankYou!
Thanks to our faithful donors, Food For The Poor’s programs are providing housing, health care, education, water, support for vulnerable children, care for the aged, emergency relief, and micro-enterprise assistance, in addition to feeding hundreds of thousands of people each day.
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IMPACT FOR BEING TOGETHER,
PART OF OUR THRIVING COMMUNITY OF CHANGE-MAKERS. WE ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES.
