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300 families to benefit from FFTP Food Drive
Three hundred families are slated to benefit from a food drive recently launched by Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated (FFTP). The initiative, which is intended to be the organisation’s way of observing World Food Day, will see food hampers being provided to needy families throughout Guyana during the Christmas season.
Food Drive recipient, Amanda Welch, and her children in the company of FFTP’s Field Officer, Compton Giddings,
(at centre), and Senior Manager, Jimeel Davis, (at extreme right).
The food drive kicked off on World Food Day with the distribution of a food hamper to a single mother of four, Amanda Welch. Welch, 32, occupies a plot of land on a dam beyond 17th Street, Paradise, East Coast Demerara.
During an interview with FFTP, she explained that she has been unemployed for many months but was previously employed at Universal Janitorial Service, attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Since being unemployed she has sent out numerous job application letters. She is currently awaiting responses from potential employers. Welch said that her children often go to school without a meal. Her greatest desire is for a “proper home” for her children and a job.
According to FFTP’s Senior Manager, Jimeel Davis, Welch is just one of many needy families in need of support. He said that observing World Food Day is a tremendous opportunity for highlighting the need to end hunger and alleviate poverty globally.
In an effort to raise awareness about hunger, Davis urges individuals and the business community to join in the fight against this global problem as it is significant in eliminating the issue of hunger and poverty.
FFTP in keeping with its mandate of helping people, especially those affected by poverty has been saving lives, transforming communities and renewing hope for over 23 years, said Davis. To this end, he said that FFTP has had significant achievements in encouraging agricultural food production.
“We have distributed a quantity of agricultural tools, and seeds to stimulate agricultural production to families. In the past, Guyana School of Agriculture and NARI have also benefited from seeds and agricultural equipment distributed by FFTP,” he disclosed.
For a number of years, FFTP has been consistent in supporting a number of school feeding programmes and assisted groups and other organizations with food supplies to help eliminate hunger. The organisation has also provided hot meals for destitute persons on the streets through its Meals on Wheels programme and to the senior citizens in shut-ins through its Elderly Care programme.
FFTP, Davis added, is however encouraging persons to take action and to help make a difference in the lives of the poor as it will make a significant difference in helping to eliminate the issue of hunger and poverty.
Davis also stressed the need for continued support from the business community and kind-hearted donors whose donations have been supporting its efforts.
“Essentially, without the support from donors, Food for the Poor will cease to exist,” Davis asserted. “World Food Day is known as a day of action against hunger, so for this reason today we are providing a food hamper to a needy family, to declare our commitment to the poor by helping one person, one family at a time.”
Last year, the organisation was able to distribute over 100 food hampers during the Christmas season with donations from NAMILCO, Edward Beharry and Co. Ltd., Continental Agencies Ltd., Federal Management Systems, Metro Office and Computer Supplies, Sterling Products Ltd., Precise Printing, Top Brandz Distributors, Ricks and Sari, among others. The food hamper distributed on Friday was made possible with support from generous individuals, Silvie’s General Store, Nigel’s Supermarket and Len’s.
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