How we started...

In 1982, Ferdinand Mahfood received a Christmas present from his wife. It was a book called “Something More”, written by Catherine Marshall.
As he turned the pages of the book, while on a flight to Chicago, Ferdy (as he is properly known) was moved by the writer’s call to serve God in a more intimate and committed way. He wanted to have a closer relationship with God and to experience the fullness of his love.
A Jamaican by birth, Mr. Mahfood had inherited a successful import business from his father and had eventually moved the business to Miami. Since boyhood, he had given donations to the poor and continued to do so as his business flourished.
In 1982, after rededicating his life to God, he decided to use his business expertise to serve the poor. He has already seen the gut wrenching poverty in the slums of Jamaica, and he increased his donations to the poor in that country.
But Business expertise alone could not alleviate the suffering and poverty of millions in Haiti, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. So Ferdinand Mahfood became a beggar for the poor, combining his business expertise with the donations he received, to start a chain of giving that today results in relief projects and programs in more that two (2) dozen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Territories

Apart from Guyana – Food For The Poor Inc operates in the following countries:

Antigua Belize
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Peru
St. Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
United States of America

Leadership

Food For The Poor Guyana Inc is operated by a Board of Directors as follows:
• Mr. Paul Chan-a-Sue -Chairman
• Mr. Leon L. Davis -Executive Director
• Mr. Christopher Fernandes -Director
• Mr. Ganesh Hanskumar -Director
• Mr. Sultan Rahaman -Director
• Mrs. Paulette Charles -Director
• Sis. Mary Peter Ngui -Director

Food for the Poor is God's Instrument to help the materially poor and to renew the poor in Spirit.
Our ministry is a reflection of our Lord's unconditional love - a love that surrenders all, that inspires trust and faith, and that embraces all people regardless of race, status or creed.
it is also shaped by our belief that Christ is alive and can be served directly by serviing those in greatest need.
For guidance and to maintain the purity of our mission, we stress the need for regular prayer.

Through surrender, service and prayer we seek a closer union with our Lord

Our mission is to link the church of the first world with the church of the third world in a manner that helps both the materially poor and the poor in Spirit.

The Materiall poor are served by lcal churchs, clergy and lay leaders who have been empowered and supplied with goods by Food for the Poor.
The poor in spirit are renewed by their relationship ith and service to the poor through our direct ministry of teaching, encouragementand prayer.

Ultimately, we seek to bring both benefactors and recipients to a closer union with our Lord.

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