Ferdinand Mahfood
Ferdinand Mahfood
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In 1982, Ferdinand Mahfood founded the Food for the Poor to aid the poor, members of many Christian denominations, provide the core of the organization, preaching and personally distributing necessary items in the poor countries, while going abroad to seek more donations. Since 1982, Food for the Poor has distributed more than $8.2 billion worth of food, medicine, housing materials, water and other aid to the poor of the Caribbean and Latin American countries. The organization is active in 9 countries one of which is Jamaica. Food for the poor’s operation in Jamaica began in 1982.It was later incorporated in the US by Ferdinand Mahfood on June 14, 1983.At that time, Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica occupied a small corner of Wisynco's warehouse at White Marl in St. Catherine. There were approximately eight persons on staff who worked two or three days per week. The primary item distributed then was rice in 20-pound packages. Due to limited space at the facility, these were stored in shipping containers. As the imports grew, the warehouse was relocated to bigger facilities at Third Street in Newport West. Not long after, Hurricane Gilbert struck the island on September 12, 1988 and the building was vandalized and looted. Due to this operations were moved to Laws Street Trade Training Centre at an auditorium offered by Sister Mary Benedict Chung, who later served as the chairman and is currently a member of the organisation's Board of Directors. After a year's at Laws Street, FFP's operations were relocated to a new warehouse that was built at Wisynco. Due to this, lands were acquired in Ellerslie, Spanish Town and there a warehouse was built. In 1995, the White Marl operations were moved to this location. In 2000, a second
( food for the poor logo above )
In 1982, Ferdinand Mahfood founded the Food for the Poor to aid the poor, members of many Christian denominations, provide the core of the organization, preaching and personally distributing necessary items in the poor countries, while going abroad to seek more donations. Since 1982, Food for the Poor has distributed more than $8.2 billion worth of food, medicine, housing materials, water and other aid to the poor of the Caribbean and Latin American countries. The organization is active in 9 countries one of which is Jamaica. Food for the poor’s operation in Jamaica began in 1982.It was later incorporated in the US by Ferdinand Mahfood on June 14, 1983.At that time, Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica occupied a small corner of Wisynco's warehouse at White Marl in St. Catherine. There were approximately eight persons on staff who worked two or three days per week. The primary item distributed then was rice in 20-pound packages. Due to limited space at the facility, these were stored in shipping containers. As the imports grew, the warehouse was relocated to bigger facilities at Third Street in Newport West. Not long after, Hurricane Gilbert struck the island on September 12, 1988 and the building was vandalized and looted. Due to this operations were moved to Laws Street Trade Training Centre at an auditorium offered by Sister Mary Benedict Chung, who later served as the chairman and is currently a member of the organisation's Board of Directors. After a year's at Laws Street, FFP's operations were relocated to a new warehouse that was built at Wisynco. Due to this, lands were acquired in Ellerslie, Spanish Town and there a warehouse was built. In 1995, the White Marl operations were moved to this location. In 2000, a second