Recent News

The Guyana Dance-a-thon event was successful in raising thousands of dollars towards building a village in Baramita, Guyana.

On October 21st, 2019 friends of Food For The Poor Canada joined together to raise funds for the village of Derac, Haiti and to support the rebuilding of the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.

Food For The Poor is partnering with the Sandals Foundation to ensure that we can help Bahamians in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian as quickly and effectively as possible.

Even before Hurricane Dorian slammed into Great Abaco and Grand Bahama islands in The Bahamas, Samantha Mahfood has been trying to make contact with the principal of a school “that supports kids with different abilities” in the Caribbean nation.

Food For The Poor is working with trusted partners to provide emergency response to Hurricane Dorian.

My very first school build with Food For The Poor Canada (FFPC), as the new Senior Manager of Programming was an amazing personal and professional experience to the say the least.

Students and teachers at Fyffes Pen Primary School in St Elizabeth are celebrating major infrastructural improvements to their school. 

Shipped 6,750 bags of dried vegetable soup mix to Jamaica.

Earlier this year we partnered with Ontario Christian Gleaners to ship 6,750 bags of dried vegetable soup mix to Jamaica. Learn more about the distribution.

Food For The Poor Canada hosted their Annual General Meeting followed by a cocktail reception to honour their donors and partners.

Shipped approximately 10,000 bags of dried vegetable soup mix, beef broth and dried cranberry beans to Haiti.

In November 2018, we partnered with Ontario Christian Gleaners and Joy & Hope of Haiti to ship a 40′ container full of nutritious food for Haiti.

A partnership between Food For The Poor Canada and the ICHS Alumnae Association Toronto Chapter, has resulted in a new Food and Nutrition lab for the students at Immaculate Conception High School in Jamaica.

A partnership between Food For The Poor Canada and the ICHS Alumnae Association Toronto Chapter, has resulted in a new Food and Nutrition lab for the students at Immaculate Conception High School in Jamaica.

Staff, students and the community were excited to open the doors of the new Wakefield Infant School in January.

By opening a government funded infant school, the community now has access to free early childhood education.

The students of The School of Music at Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica recently received violins and violas.

The students of The School of Music at Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica recently received violins and violas donated by Canadian donors.

Shipped over a million dollars of medicines and medical supplies to Haiti.

In March, we packed and shipped a 40’ container of medicines and medical supplies worth over a million dollars to save and change lives in Haiti.