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Serving the poorest of the poor |
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Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica is the largest charity organization in Jamaica. Food For The Poor Inc., located in Florida, USA, is the third-largest international relief and development charity in the United States. It is an interdenominational organization that assists the poor in 17 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America.
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Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica works with the churches, schools, hospitals and other institutions that deal directly with the poor to fill thier most urgent needs and to encourage self-sufficiency in those who would otherwise lose hope.
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By actively sourcing gifts in kind and by buying in bulk on the world market, FFP is able to supply food, housing, medical supplies and pharmaceutical items, tools and machines of various kinds, school furniture, books and countless other items.
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In essence, FFP does nothing of itself. Were it not for the continuous contributions from companies and individuals, we could not fulfil our mandate of providing for the less fortunate.
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| Food For The Poor Gives Critical Back-To-School Help |
| Fr. Burchell McPherson (centre), Chairman of the Board of Directors at Food For The Poor (FFP)-Jamaica, presents a cheque to Garfield James, a Religion and Theology final year student at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), during a presentation ceremony held at the organization’s Spanish Town Office recently. More than 150 parents, guardians and students received cheques as part of FFP’s annual back-to-school initiative. Looking on is Marcia Hall-Walker (left), Manager of the Education and Social Outreach Programme at FFP. |
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| Gifton Wright (right), a 13-year-old second-form student at Kingston College receives his cheque. |
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