Food For The Poor Appeals for Local Donations to help Haiti5 min read

In light of the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Matthew to our neighbours Haiti, Food For The Poor has launched an initiative to assist with supporting Haiti at this time.

The United Nations has reported that “the destruction wrought by Hurricane Matthew has affected 350,000 Haitians and left the country facing its ‘largest humanitarian event’ since the devastating earthquake six years ago.”

Food For The Poor is urging Jamaicans to assist by making donations either in cash or kind.

For those who would rather donate goods, the Charity is also facilitating and accepting the drop off of ONLY canned/non-perishable food items such as canned meats, canned fish, and canned milk.

The locations for drop offs are as follows:
• Food For The Poor’s office/warehouse at Ellerslie Pen, Spanish Town, St. Catherine
• RJR Communications Group 32 Lyndhurst Road
• Stella Maris Catholic Church (between 8:30am – 4:30pm Mondays to Fridays)
• Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church (8:30am – 4:30pm Mondays to Fridays)
• The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montego Bay, 1 Fort Street, Montego Bay
• Bishop Boyle’s Outreach & Resource Centre, 66 Caledonia Road, Mandeville
• The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited

You may also donate through purchases made at the following supermarkets:
• All Shoppers Fair Supermarkets
• All Super Shoppers Fair Supermarkets
• All Hi-Lo Food Stores
• D & Y Supermarket in Savanna-la-Mar
• All Progressive Foods Stores
• Super Valu Supermarket
• All Brooklyn Supermarkets
• John R. Wong Supermarket
• JR’s Bargain World in Linstead & May Pen
• Loshusan Supermarket

Food For The Poor has advised that cash donations are the best way to help so persons can donate at www.foodforthepoor.org/hurricane using PayPal or directly deposit to NCB St. Jago Branch Account #471043885 or make cheques payable to Food For The Poor and drop off at their Head Office in Spanish Town. Please indicate “Haiti Relief” on the cheques.

For further information, please contact 564-2444 (DIGICEL) OR 486-3002 (FLOW).

Reporter: Rochelle Mitchell