Safe housing provides families with security and stability and helps foster a sense of community and togetherness.
Many families across the Caribbean and Latin America lack the basic elements of proper housing, such as water and sanitation. A safe home will give a family a safe place to raise their children and allow them to focus on other needs such as education and livelihood.
Food For The Poor Canada provides safe and secure homes to families across the Caribbean and Latin America, strengthening communities and creating stability.
What We Do
- Build secure homes for families across the Caribbean and Latin America with sanitation and water components to ensure health and stability
- Provide solar-powered light kits for homes in Haiti

Our Impact
- Built 161 homes in Haiti
- Built 26 homes in Jamaica
- Built 2 homes in Honduras
- Provided 99 families with a solar-powered light kit

Housing Facts
More than 2 million people were left homeless after the earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010.
In Haiti and Jamaica, the issue of housing has been aggravated by the constant migration of people from the rural areas to the cities, causing the growth of urban slums.
In Guyana, 95% of the residents of Baramita live in poverty. Tents constructed of plastic are used as homes, and these makeshift homes have no sanitary facilities.