Food For The Poor Inc. Sends Aid to New York City Rescue Workers

Food for the Poor
Thursday, 4 October 2001

Food For The Poor, the relief organization that assists the needy in 26 Caribbean and Latin American countries, has provided supplies to the relief workers in New York City. Five 53-foot trailers containing a total of 8,000 protein drinks donated by Rexall Sundown, Inc. of Boca Raton, FL have been sent to a central distribution point in the New York area, and will provide a long-term benefit to the entire recovery effort. This organization, which normally operates outside the United States, desired that this gift demonstrate their gratitude to the people of the U.S. for their many years of faithful support.

Food For The Poor (FFP), the 6th largest international charity in the U.S., is a Christian relief and development organization that has developed a highly efficient strategy for aiding the destitute of the Caribbean and Latin America. In the last 19 years, with the partnership of our many donors, FFP has shipped over $903 million in aid to the region ($190 million in 2000). FFP provides emergency relief assistance, education, housing, health care, sustainable development, and micro-enterprise development assistance to hundreds of thousands of the poorest of the poor in the region. FFP generates 90% of the aid it delivers from the private sector and maintains a low overhead ratio of 9.3%.

For more information, or to contact Food for the Poor, see their website at: www.foodforthepoor.org