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 transform 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.
• 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
• Faithfulness to follow Christ grows deeper
• Life-changing invitations are accepted
TO FACILITATE PATHS
OUT OF POVERTY AND transform lives.
• Local transformation is envisioned
• Local responses are delivered Implementing partners 3
• Collaboration for holistic action occurs
• Transformation is envisioned
• Participation is committed
• Resources are mobilized Supporting partners 4
facilitate paths out of poverty.
WhatWE DO
Our overarching goal is to facilitate paths out of poverty and transform lives. We strive to address multidimensional poverty and empower communities to thrive, ensuring that each person can realize their potential, overcome obstacles, and live with dignity and purpose. Our focus is on enabling, not doing for, the communities we serve —working alongside them to foster self-reliance.
Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH)
Food For The Poor categorizes its work using 10 focus areas.
1. Hunger relief & food security: Providing immediate food assistance while supporting agricultural projects and sustainable food production.
2. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH): Ensuring access to clean water, proper sanitation, and hygiene education.
3. Agriculture: Promoting sustainable farming practices, providing training, and supporting infrastructure to enable food production and resilience.
4. Community development: Strengthening communities through housing, infrastructure development, and capacitybuilding initiatives.
6. Economic empowerment: Enhancing employability through job skills training and offering micro-enterprise support, financial literacy training, and resources to enable self-reliance.
5. Education: Supporting formal education, vocational training, and early childhood development to empower individuals with knowledge and skills.
7. Health: Providing access to healthcare services, medical supplies, and building the capacity of health centers.
8. Emergency preparedness & response: Reacting swiftly to natural disasters and crises while preparing communities for future emergencies.
9. Outreach to vulnerable groups: Providing support to marginalized groups, including women, children, and people with disabilities.
10. Child sponsorship: Supporting children’s education, healthcare, and development through dedicated sponsorship programs.
PRIORITY COUNTRIES
Food For The Poor has provided and continues to provide 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 in the specific country.
Where How WE SERVE WE WORK
EXPANSION COUNTRIES
OTHER COUNTRIES
Food For The Poor acts as a platform, fostering partnerships among donors, volunteers, implementing partners, and community members. Our role is to connect the dots between various stakeholders, ensuring that resources and expertise flow efficiently to the areas of greatest need.
The metaphor of “crossroads” serves well in capturing Food For The Poor’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
OurSTRATEGIC PLAN
Food For The Poor is focused on strengthening program effectiveness, optimizing resource development, and fostering a culture of excellence. By embedding proven conceptual frameworks, enhancing program services, and continually assessing, we will sharpen our outcomes-driven, holistic approach that integrates our Christian identity.
Food For The Poor’s work is guided by the crosscutting themes represented by the acronym ACROSS:
AC R O S
Attentiveness to Nonmaterial Aspects of Poverty
Poverty impacts more than material well-being, affecting spiritual, emotional, and social dimensions.
Care for Creation
Environmental stewardship is an essential part of our programs, ensuring that our work contributes to sustainable development.
Review
Ongoing evaluation and data-driven assessment to ensure continuous improvement and adaptation of our programs.
Obligation to Do No Harm
We are committed to ethical practices that avoid causing dependency or harm to the communities we serve.
Social Inclusivity
We strive to include marginalized groups in all of our programs, promoting equity and justice.
Share It Forward
Promoting knowledge and resource-sharing to help communities and individuals replicate and expand positive impacts.
The Cross
Our faith informs every aspect of our work, ensuring that Christian principles are woven into our programs.
Our PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES
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
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
IMPACT
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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FOR BEING PART OF OUR THRIVING COMMUNITY OF CHANGE-MAKERS.
TOGETHER, WE ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES.
