Food For The Poor

(FFP) is anecumenical Christian nonprofit organization setteled in Coconut Creek, Florida, USA that offers food, medicine, and shelter, among other services, to the poor of Latin America and theCaribbean.

History

In 1982, Ferdinand Mahfood started Food for the Poor to help the poor and exploited in Latin America and the Caribbean. Clergy associates of many Christian denominations, comprising Episcopalian, Lutheran and Roman Catholic, give the core of the organization, advocating throughout the United States about the need in the countries they serve.
Since 1982, Food for the Poor has dispersed nearly $11 billion worth of food, medicine, housing materials, water and other help to the poor of the Caribbean and Latin America. In 2007, the charity shifted its headquarters from Deerfield Beach, FL to Coconut Creek, FL. Presently, Food For The Poor provide work for more than 300 people out of its Coconut Creek site, in addition to employing members of the Clergy as speakers across the United States.

Fundraising

Food for the Poor helps the poor in the course of contributions of money and supplies, generally from the United States. A bulk of the organization's income is from donated goods.
In 2014, 95.6% of all contributions to Food for the Poor went in a straight line to programs that aid the poor, while 4.4% went to fundraising and organizational costs.

Controversies

The Palm Beach Post has acknowledged a number of controversies and gossips involving Food for the Poor. In 2000, Ferdinand Mahfood resigned as CEO in the middle of accusations he sidetracked money to two female staff with whom he was sleeping. Ferdinand Mahfood in due course confessed misappropriating $275,000 from FFP and took steps to pay the money back.
Robin Mahfood, Ferdinand's brother, who took over as CEO in the midst of the crisis, has also been the subject matter of controversy. Between 2003 and 2007, FFP paid out $1.9 million in salaries and benefits to five of his relatives. Until 2008, FFP also incessantly did business with two for-profit companies run by Mahfood's family, buying more than $200,000 worth of sodas and knee-high water boots in four years, where in deals Mahfood had a hand in approving. CEO Robin Mahfood received a salary of $364,874 in 2008.

Relief efforts

Food for the Poor offers, as its main goal, nourishment to the poor. The organization also raises homes for homeless families, supplies medicine and health care in hospitals and clinics, support orphanages financially, teaches children and adults by providing training.

Targeted crisis relief programs

Additionally, its broad community improvement and direct help programs intended to reduce poverty and malnutrition.  Food for the Poor gives targeted relief for humanitarian crises. On January 11, 2010, it declared early success in introducing a new food source, the Basa fish, for the seriously half-starved nation of Haiti. Then, on January 13, 2010, it publicized a major relief effort aimed toward the people of the same nation to help upturn from the calamitous January 12 earthquake which struck Port-au-Prince. According to its website, Food for the Poor has also built 5,015 enduring two-room concrete block homes since the earthquake.