Nonprofit Uses Computers to Fight Poverty

By the middle of May, every orphanage in Food For The Poor’s Angels Of Hope program will have computers for the children who live there. Recognizing that education and technology are crucial to breaking the cycle of poverty, the largest international charity in the United States has shipped 636 computer workstations this past year to 94 orphanages in developing nations.

http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/news/nonprofit-uses-computers-to.html

Jamaican Consulate Helps to Serve the Poor in Haiti

The Consulate General of Jamaica presented a donation to the United State’s largest international charity, Food For The Poor, for their relief efforts in Haiti.


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Students Travel to Jamaica With a Purpose

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 26, 2010) – Students and faculty from St. Joseph Academy Catholic High School in Jacksonville, Fla., traveled to Jamaica last month on a house building trip with the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor.

Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba to Perform Memorial Concerts for Lynn University

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Spring Breakers Help Rotarians Try to Set New Guinness World Record

A faculty advisor’s visit to his native Jamaica seven years ago made him aware of the critical lack of reading materials in school and public libraries island-wide. Through his experience, students at University School of Nova Southeastern University, involved in the Books For Jamaica project, were inspired recently to help Rotary Clubs in Jamaica set a new Guinness World Record. To make the group’s goal a reality, they partnered with South Florida-based international relief organization Food For The Poor.
http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/news/spring-breakers-help.html

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Kids Doing Good

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-kids-good-deeds-ugc-pictures,0,2175842.ugcphotogallery
Student photos from University School of NSU, Lynn University, Deerfield Beach Elem. and the Scouts are posted on the Sun Sentinel's Web site.
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Three Months After Haiti Earthquake: Rebuilding

Please read this report about work we are doing in Haiti three months after the earthquake.

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http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/news/three-months-after-haiti.html