when the hustle and bustle overshadows the true meaning of our Lord’s birth — consider giving a gift from the heart.
Picking the perfect gift for someone who has everything can be a challenge. Why not delight your loved ones with a thoughtful gift given to the poor in their honor? Wouldn’t your friends and family love to know that a malnourished child will be fed in their name?
In this catalog, you’ll find many gifts that will honor your loved ones… while also changing the lives of those who have so little.
When you order from this catalog, be sure to request special gift cards to let your loved ones know about the gifts given in their honor. Just indicate the number of cards you'd like on the enclosed order form.
The best solutions to poverty are self-sustaining ones. Animal husbandry offers the destitute a “hand up” out of poverty. For impoverished parents, the ability to regularly feed their children and earn an income is an answer to prayer.
A cow provides nutrition and income for a needy family
Acow is a priceless gift for a destitute family without food or income. Besides providing nutritious milk and protein for a family, a cow also provides extra products for them to sell. This valuable source of income can bring about real change for an impoverished family.
Baby chicks — a living gift of love
The gift of baby chicks provides a poor family not only with a sustainable source of protein from eggs, but also with supplemental income from selling extra eggs. Chickens are inexpensive to raise and maintain, and the protein provided by eggs helps prevent the devastating effects of malnutrition.
$25 provides 20 chicks $125 for 100 chicks $600 provides a cow
Give the gift of a goat G
oats make a great gift for families working to create better lives for their children. A goat requires little maintenance, provides poor families with nutritious protein, and a chance to break the cycle of poverty. “ The Lord raises the needy from the dust, lifts the poor from the ash heap...” (Psalm 113:7)
$90 provides a goat
Three little pigs can free a family from poverty
Poor families can raise and breed pigs to provide a self-sustaining source of income, as well as food. Giving the gift of pigs is an inexpensive way to provide a family with the resources needed to save children from malnutrition.
$100 for 3 little pigs
A donkey gives the poor a means of transportation
PBee good!
Bees are an important part of God’s creation. They pollinate plants and provide honey, which supplies a poor family with a source of marketable income. For a poor family without access to refrigeration, honey is a blessing because of its long shelf life.
oor families benefit greatly from the gift of a donkey, which can help haul products to the village market. A donkey is extremely valuable to families living in the countryside, where long distances and mountainous terrain prevent them from carrying all their produce to market. $150 provides a donkey $240 will provide one beehive
Gifts that
Before feeding the 4,000, Jesus told His disciples, “My heart is moved with pity… I do not want to send them away hungry.” (Matthew 15:32b) Your gift will emulate Christ’s love by feeding hungry children.
$4380 feeds a child for a year
Feed a child for one year
Your donation of $43.80 will offer a yearlong Christmas gift by providing a hungry child with “daily bread” for an entire year.
$1460 feeds a family for a month
Nourish a hungry family for a month
Many poor parents have no food to give their hungry children. Some rely entirely on finding rotten, discarded food in garbage dumps to feed their little ones. For just $14.60, you can feed a hungry family of four for a month.
Rice and beans for dinner
RShip an entire tractor-trailer of food
Jesus taught a valuable lesson about sharing when He performed the miracle of feeding the 5,000. You can share your blessings and Christ’s compassion by helping to ship an entire tractor-trailer load of food to the thousands who pray for an end to their hunger.
ice and beans are an important source of protein and carbohydrates for hungry families throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. These staples provide vital nutrients to children who might otherwise starve. You can help end the cries of hunger through a gift of rice and beans!
$10,560 ships a tractor-trailer full of food $24 provides
Jesus was born in a humble manger. Coming to us in poverty, Christ knows the suffering of every poor child who shivers from sleeping on a damp, dirt floor, in a crumbling shack that offers little protection from the elements.
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New, secure housing
For only $3,600* you can provide a destitute family with a safe and secure new home with sanitation. The gift of a house is a lasting and loving gift that will change lives forever!
$3,600*builds a house with sanitation
* A gift of $3,600 will build a single-unit home with sanitation; a gift of $7,200 will build a double-unit home with sanitation and a water component. In countries like Haiti, where the average household has seven members, Food For The Poor builds only double-unit homes by combining two single-unit donations.
By providing food, a source of income and the resources to send little ones to school, you can give a poor family a new beginning. Pair a fresh start with a new home, and help the poor break free from the crippling cycle of poverty forever.
Solar-powered light kit for a home
I$69365** provides:
• A small business project
• Rice and beans
• School supplies
• Clothing and shoes
n developing countries, poor families often huddle together in the darkness because electricity is not available. You can provide safety and illumination for a poor family without electricity when you give a solar-powered light kit, which includes three lamps and a solar-cell panel for recharging.
$125 provides a solar-powered light kit
** A gift of $693.65 will provide rice and beans for three months, clothing and shoes for a family of seven, school supplies for four children, and a small business project to provide an income source. In circumstances where a family does not have an urgent need for one or more of these components, another family who does have that specific need will be selected to receive the assistance.
Gifts that Provide
For the poorest of the poor, some of the most meaningful gifts are ones that help them help themselves. Destitute parents fervently pray for the opportunity to lift their children out of poverty. Our self-sustaining programs offer desperate families a “hand up” out of poverty, and have lasting, multi-generational effects.
Keep the catch of the day fresh
AHelp stock a fish pond
Food For The Poor’s aquaculture program establishes fish ponds for poor communities throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Your gift will help stock a pond with fingerlings, which will grow into mature fish and provide a community with a sustainable source of income and nutrition.
Food For The Poor fishing village equips poor fishermen with the tools they need to succeed out at sea. Your gift to provide coolers will help the fishermen preserve their catch, and enable them to earn more income to feed their families.
$100 provides two 100-qt. coolers to store the catch
$125 provides 125 fingerlings for a fish pond
$114 provides a sewing machine, fabric and thread
A sewing machine — a small gift with big potential
Asewing machine gives a poor family a wonderful opportunity to earn income by making clothing and other textile products. These sewing machines are equipped to operate by either electricity, or in homes without electricity, by foot pedals.
A Christmas tree of a different kind
Your gift of fruit-bearing trees will provide hungry families with a nutritious and sustainable source of food and additional income. Avocado, breadfruit and mango trees not only provide healthy food; these trees also offer welcoming shade and help combat deforestation.
$10 provides 1 fruit tree
Soon after Jesus’ birth, wise men presented gifts in adoration. On Christmas Day, many of us commemorate our Savior’s birth by exchanging gifts with loved ones. Your gift for a poor child in honor of a loved one will make a tremendous difference. Through your generosity, a little one will experience God’s love and have a brighter future.
Give the gift of literacy
In developing countries, poverty-stricken parents often cannot afford books and other school supplies for their children. The gift of school supplies will help children get an education and learn how to read.
any children in impoverished schools throughout the Caribbean and Latin America crowd onto benches and share splintered tables. A new desk and chair means renewed focus on studying, learning and breaking the cycle of poverty. $20 for school supplies for a child for a year
A new school desk and chair
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More than just a game
Like other young people around the world, children in our orphanages love to play soccer. Soccer breaks down barriers, and gives children a healthy outlet. Your gift of a soccer ball will ensure orphaned children can play, have fun and get plenty of exercise.
$20 provides a school desk and a chair for a child $10 provides 1 soccer ball
For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, the orphans, and the unassisted.” (Job 29:12)
Computers for schoolchildren
Clothing and shoes for an orphan
Many orphans never experience the thrill of finding brightly wrapped gifts under the tree. This Christmas, put a smile on the face of an orphan with the much-appreciated gift of clothing and shoes.
$31 for a shirt, a pair of pants and shoes for an orphan
Acomputer opens doors to another world for a child living in poverty. Schoolchildren who learn computer skills are better equipped to further their education and become competitive in the workforce. Your gift outfits schools with fully-equipped computer workstations.
$600 provides a computer system with 6 workstations $100 provides 1 computer workstation
Solar-powered computer system
ith a solar-powered computer system, schoolchildren living in rural areas without electricity can learn vital computer skills. Each system includes six computer workstations and a highwattage solar-powered generator to power them.
$1,500 provides a solar-powered computer system
Gifts that Quench
From His cross, Jesus cried out, “I thirst.” Today, Christ hears the prayers of every family thirsting for clean water. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, contaminated water is one of the leading causes of death among young children. Your Christmas gift to provide clean water will help answer the fervent prayers of poor villagers who desperately need this lifesaving resource.
$6,750 drills and installs a well $285 provides a water pump
Life-giving water
What we can easily access with the twist of a tap is considered a precious gift by the poorest of the poor. Your gift to provide a water pump or to drill and install a water well will improve the life and health of an entire village.
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His kindness endures forever." (1 Chronicles 16:34)
When Jesus was born, he came into this world as the perfect “bundle of joy.” This Christmas you can honor someone special with our bundled gifts, which ensure the impact of your generosity goes even further. It’s a perfect way to spread the joy of Christ to the poor of Latin America and the Caribbean.
A home to roost
Achicken coop is important because it gives chickens a safe place to roost and lay eggs. Chickens are inexpensive to raise and maintain, and the chicken coop will protect them from predators.
$455 provides the wire, wood and hardware to build one chicken coop and 20 chicks $50 will provide medical supplies
edical care is limited for the poor who are unable to afford even the most basic healthcare. Your gift can provide lifesaving medicines and medical supplies that will ease the suffering of the sick. Bundle
Give the gift that heals
Learning and recess
In developing countries, poverty-stricken parents often cannot afford books and other school supplies for their children. The gift of school supplies will help children get an education and learn how to read, while the gift of a soccer ball will give them enjoyable playtime at recess.
$30 provides school supplies for a child for one year, along with a soccer ball
YGreen the planet
our gift of a fruit-bearing tree will provide hungry families with a nutritious and sustainable source of food and additional income. Avocado, breadfruit and mango trees not only provide healthy food; these trees also offer welcoming shade and help combat deforestation. And the gift of a beehive will not only provide honey for income, but also help with cross-pollination of plants.
$250 provides a beehive and a fruit tree Bundle Bundle
