Open Volunteer School Build – Coming Soon!
Join us in Jamaica April 7 – 14, 2019 for our next school build! More details coming mid-October!
- On September 28, 2018 Read More
Thanksgiving and Fundraising Lunch – 10th Anniversary Closing Celebration
Please join Food For The Poor Canada for our Annual Thanksgiving and Fundraising Luncheon to close out our 10th Anniversary Celebrations on Sunday October 14th at 11:00am. Buy your tickets now! The most beautiful spot in Toronto, the Toronto Hunt Club, welcomes you with a fabulous meal, warm friends and the best view this side of the Caribbean.We […]
- On September 28, 2018 Read More
Food For The Poor Canada launches our “It takes a village to build a village” campaign
We are excited to launch our “It Takes a Village to Build a Village” campaign, reaching out to our village of Canadian donors to help us raise funds to build a village in Haiti over the next 9 months, breaking ground in June 2019. Our goal is to raise $1,000,000 to build 60 houses with […]
- On September 24, 2018 Read More
Hurricane Maria One Year Later: Dominica Rebuilds Homes, Schools Thanks to Food For The Poor Donors
Toronto, ON (September 17, 2018) Homes are being rebuilt. Schools are getting new roofs. Electricity once again powers lights and cooling fans. But all it takes is a summer squall to bring back vivid memories for those in Dominica who survived the fury unleashed by Hurricane Maria one year ago. Many businesses have reopened in […]
- On September 17, 2018 Read More
30th School Built by Food For The Poor Canada in Jamaica
This past week, Food For The Poor Canada (FFPC) and Food For The Poor Jamaica welcomed Helping Hands Jamaica Foundation to build Mount Pleasant Basic School in St. Margarets Bay, Port Antonio, Jamaica. “We are humbled yet again by the support and commitment of all of our volunteers and donors that chose to partner with […]
- On July 17, 2018 Read More
Food For The Poor Canada Partners with the Carpenters’ Union and Helping Hands Jamaica Foundation
As Food For The Poor Canada continues the celebration of it’s 10th year, the second of three schools to be built this year took place this week in Wakefield, Trelawny, Jamaica. An incredible group of skilled volunteers from the Carpenters’ Union and Helping Hands worked tirelessly for three days, accomplishing an incredible amount of work. […]
- On July 6, 2018 Read More
Annual walkathon raises funds to build school in Jamaica
Together with our education partner Helping Hands Jamaica Foundation, Food For The Poor staff participated in the annual 5k walk for education also known as the Jam-walk to help raise funds for our upcoming school build in July in Port Antonio, Jamaica. It was a beautiful Saturday morning in Ashbridges Bay Park, Toronto enjoyed among friends and partners […]
- On June 22, 2018 Read More
ICHS Food and Nutrition Labs gets major upgrade thanks to Canadian donors
We recently joined forces with ICHS Alumnae Association Toronto Chapter to help rebuild the Food and Nutrition Labs at Immaculate Conception High School in Jamaica. On June 7, we loaded a 40′ container at Nella Toronto with necessary major appliances, furnishings, sinks, work tables, demo stations, shelving, small wares and cooking tools needed for the […]
- On June 22, 2018 Read More
Vegetable soup mix to feed hungry families in Haiti
Together with partners Ontario Christian Gleaners and Joy and Hope of Haiti, we recently packed and shipped a 40′ container of close to 10,000 bags of dried vegetable soup mix, beans and fruits for Haiti. Each bag provides roughly 100 servings of nutrient-filled soup. It feeds families in poor rural communities with scarce access to food. We […]
- On June 22, 2018 Read More
Celebrating 10-Year Anniversary with Construction of Hampden Infant School
Food For The Poor Canada (FFPC) is proud to celebrate the 10th year of working with and for communities in the Caribbean, with the important support of Canadian donors and volunteers. To mark this milestone, a group of volunteers spent the past three days building Hampden Infant School in Trelawny, Jamaica. Through the generosity and […]
- On April 13, 2018 Read More