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Top Ten Smiles of 2016

January 19, 2017

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Venia is a 9 year old girl who suffered from terrible gastroenteritis for weeks in a remote community of #Haiti. She was so malnourished that her weight was equal to that of a four year old child. She had just been on a malnutrition program for 15 days. Unfortunately, there was no improvement and she still had diarrhea. So, little Venia was admitted to a health care centre.

Thanks to a shipment of food and medicine by our donors, and our partner @hpicanada_, the nurse was able to give Venia medicine for free. Two weeks later, when she was back at the health centre for a check-up, she was doing much better. Her mother and nurse were both so happy. “You saved my girl’s life,” said Venia’s mom.

Learn more about how Food For The Poor Canada addresses health challenges in Haiti and across the Caribbean and Latin America by tapping the link in bio.

#impact #impactstory #missionmoment #shipmentupdate #malnutrition #medicines #healthcare #thankfulthursday

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Generous Canadians continue to support essential food and #nutrition programs across #Jamaica which help many families to make a filling and nutritious meal. A donation of #beans was added to distribution packages that were shared with families in low-income communities and other community-serving organizations like a local nursing home.

It's not only families who benefit, many share with their neighbours and spread the word to others in the community who would benefit from additional support.

According to one local partner, "Each time someone received a package containing the beans, they spread the word to other and that had persons visiting us asking for the beans. I just want to say thank you so much, you really came through when we needed."

Help another shipment reach families and communities by tapping the link in our bio.

#gratitude #impact #makingadifference #spreadkindness #community #feedingprogram #pintobeans #cariocabeans

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"My name is Rina, I am 33 years old. The biggest problem in our community is taking our children to the Marcala health centre since it becomes difficult for us as we are quite far from the nearest health centre. The available means of transportation is also far from our community. It is very normal that we as mothers arrive at the health centre in Marcala late due to lack of transportation and that we do not get to receive medical assistance for our children. We have to return to our community without receiving healthcare or we have to wait all day for a general consultation and it is very difficult for us to go through this with our children."

The challenges and realities of receiving healthcare look different across the varied communities of the Caribbean and Latin America. In #Honduras, our donors are making healthcare more accessible to moms like Rina and their families.

Tap the link in our bio to find out more at about Rina's story and the work you can support in Honduras.

#AccessibleHealthCare #healthcare #HealthCareForAll #quoteoftheday

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Thank you to all #nurses, working tirelessly and compassionately to meet the needs of your patients 🩹🩺

Across the #Caribbean and #LatinAmerica, our donors support nurses by helping to stock #hospitals and #clinics with essential supplies such as medicines, medical machinery, hospital beds, and #masks and face shields during the pandemic, too. Recently 25,000 health care professionals received masks in Haiti to protect themselves and their patients!

See how you can support nurses in clinics and hospitals help families and communities stay healthy in the LAC at https://foodforthepoor.ca/what-we-do/health/

#NursesDay2022 #NurseAppreciation #NurseWeek2022 #ThankYouNurses

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“My dream and hope for myself and my family are that they learn to get ahead, that they learn to take advantage of all the projects that Canadian donors have given us. I come daily to the vocational school because I love to serve and learn a little more each day.” Gabriela, Mom to Fernando, Carlos, Lester and Grandma to Victoria

Thank you for helping kickstart the women’s centre project in San Antonio with your Mother's Day gift! Stay tuned as we share more about this project in the coming weeks and how you can help the women of San Antonio reach their goal. If you didn’t make your gift yet, there is still time to have it matched. Donate by midnight. Link in bio!

#MothersDay #WomensEmpowerment #IncomeGeneration #WomensLeadership
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Honduras

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“My hope and my dreams is that my family develops, fighting together, working for our future. Some of the skills that I learned in these trainings were to improve how I deal with people, to value ourselves as women, and to overcome difficulties in the family.” Selene, Mom to Maynor and Jenny

Happy Mother’s Day! 💐 Celebrate Selene and the women of San Antonio with a gift to build their own workshop space. A place where they can continue to learn. Donate by midnight tonight and your gift will be matched. Click the link in our bio.

#MothersDay #WomensEmpowerment #IncomeGeneration #WomensLeadership
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Honduras

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“One of the skills I learned was entrepreneurship in women. They teach us to be free people, to discover ourselves as a person. I have many dreams and one of those is that my children will have a university career.” Cinthia, Mom to Yorleni, Fernando, Jose, and Danny

It’s Mother’s Day weekend! Help Cinthia and the women of San Antonio, Honduras build their own workshop space. Make your gift today! Did we mention it will be matched if you give by midnight on May 8th?

Give now using the link in our bio!

#MothersDay #WomensEmpowerment #IncomeGeneration #WomensLeadership
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Honduras

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“All the women who are being trained have changed and have been taught to value ourselves equally. These trainings help me to be a better woman, to earn an income and help my family. My hope is to see my children grow up and graduate high school.” - Dania, Mom to Maria, Marlon and Anthony

Help Dania and the women of San Antonio, Honduras build a new training centre with your gift today. Gifts made by midnight on Mother’s Day will be matched.

Click on the link in our bio to give now!

#MothersDay #WomensEmpowerment #IncomeGeneration #WomensLeadership
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Honduras

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This Mother’s Day, will you help the women of San Antonio build their own women’s training centre? Make your gift now or before midnight on Mother’s Day and it will be matched. Click the link in our bio to give now!

#MothersDay #WomensEmpowerment #IncomeGeneration #WomensLeadership
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Honduras

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Judy is using her skills as a #beekeeper to build a future for her family!

Judy has been a part of the APICOL (La Asociación de Apicultores de Colinas) beekeeping project by @Foodforthepoorinc for two years. In that time she has gone from maintaining one hive, to five, to reproducing 68 beehives! Judy makes and sells honey, soaps, shampoos, creams and sweets locally in Santa Barbara, #Honduras.

“This has given my family a lot of opportunity, and because of that, we have been able to make a living and send our kids to school.”

Learn more about the bee project and your donations in action, tap the link in our bio.

#WomensEmpowerment #IncomeGeneration #CommunityDevelopment #AndreaInHonduras

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Masks have reached nurses, doctors, the elderly, and many others to keep them safe from COVID-19 in #Haiti 😷

Nurses and doctors across 167 clinics have received masks as they continue to assist patients with COVID-19 and rely on PPE daily. In orphanages, churches and homes for the elderly, these masks protect individuals who lack the means to purchase masks for their protection. Haiti does not produce their own masks and the economic downturn has made it difficult for health centres, communities and individuals to purchase masks.

#ThankYou especially to the generous donation by our partners @globalmedicdmgf
distribution by Food For The Poor Haiti and Canadian donors whose donations support shipments of aid and health care supplies to communities across the Caribbean and Latin America.

Find out more about the most urgent needs in Haiti by tapping through the link our bio.

#Impact #Masks #Distribution #pandemicresponse #COVID19 #HealthCareHaiti #Frontlineworkers #Heathcare #medicalsupply

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#TakeUsBack to 2019 and our most recent volunteer build at Fyffes Pen Primary School in Jamaica! A very special #ThankYou to the terrific team of #volunteers who helped to build this great school for students in St. Elizabeth. You bring such joy, energy and warmth to the work that we do together. We had no idea we would have to wait for three long years before we could do it again.

This July, volunteers are getting ready for our first volunteer build since the pandemic. If you aren't able to join us as a volunteer, but want to support the upcoming school build tap the link in our bio to make a donation and help build the next school!

#volunteersbringheart #empathyinaction #volunteerweek2022 #volunteerappreciationweek #supporteducationinJamaica

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This #NationalVolunteerWeek we are looking forward to our upcoming #volunteer build this summer! Food For The Poor Canada and our team of dedicated volunteers will head to #Jamaica to build a school for eager students!

This will be our first volunteer build after the pandemic and we are so excited to reconnect or meet our volunteers for the first time! Coming together with volunteers in support of Caribbean and Latin American communities is a treasured part of our work.

Are you interested in volunteering with Food For The Poor Canada in Jamaica this summer? Find out how by tapping the link in our bio.

#NVW2022 #Volunteerweek #empathyinaction #volunteerbuild #schoolbuild #volunteerabroad #makeadifference #volunteersbringheart #volunteerappreciation #throwback #missourvolunteers

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#DidYouKNow that the Community Centre built in Baramita, Guyana has six solar panels installed on the roof? The #solar panels fuel electricity to the building at no cost to the community so that even when it's dark, children can read in the library and families can attend workshops and trainings.

On #EarthDay and everyday we strive to do our part for the planet! ☀️ 🌎

Check out our bio for more projects in Guyana!

#earthday2022 #worldearthday #happyearthday #eathdayeveryday #Baramita #Guyana #CommunityCentre #solarenergy #solarpanels #greenenergy #communitydevelopment

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Dilcia, a mother and coffee farmer, can now see her children off to school thanks to her #thriving coffee business!

Dilcia lives with her husband and three children in Marcala, #Honduras and supports her family through coffee farming.

She has 3,000 coffee plants which will produce up to 1,500 kg of coffee that she can sell to international buyers. With this income, Dilcia will be able to provide for her family and send her children to school!

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about Andrea’s visit with Dilcia and how donations have supported her successful coffee farming business!

#Coffee #Cafe #CoffeeFarming #AndreaInHonduras #Agriculture #incomegenerationproject #opportunity

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The new playground at Goodwill Basic School is definitely kid-approved!

Students were already working hard at the school built in partnership with Food For The Poor Jamaica and Helping Hands Jamaica, but now they have a fun, safe place to play too thanks to the FFPC community! The slide and swing set are a big hit.

#ThankYou for supporting education in Jamaica! 🇯🇲

Tap the link in our bio to find out more about FFPC's work in Jamaica.

#playground #playsafe #learnthroughplay #righttoplay #Jamaica #GoodwillBasicSchool #schoolplayground

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Wishing you, our donors, partners, and families across the Caribbean and Latin America an #Easter full of love, health and hope! We are forever grateful for your continued support and always inspired by your strength and resilience!

See what you can be a part of, by tapping the link in our bio.

#GoodFriday #EasterWeekend #HappyEaster #Easter2022 #April #blessedeaster

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Check out the greenhouses at the San Antonio Vocational Agricultural School in Honduras!

One greenhouse provides vegetables that the school and entire community can consume. The second greenhouse contains fruit trees and coffee plants that the school sells and re-invests the proceeds back into the school.

The greenhouses also provide a fantastic classroom for students to learn practical agricultural skills.

A big thank you to FFPC donors and @proyectos_cepudo

Find out more about what students are learning by tapping the link in our bio.

#AndreaInHonduras #greenhouses #agriculturetraining #vocationalgraining #farming #education #gardeneducation #greeneducation #schoolgreenhouse #honduras

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“You saved my girl’s life,” said the Mom of 9 year old Venia in #Haiti who received critical & free #medicine thanks to a shipment by our donors & partner @HPICanada. Read more about our health projects: https://foodforthepoor.ca/what-we-do/health/

#malnutrition #healthcare #thankfulthursday