Food for the Hungry

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founded_date = 1971
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Food for the Hungry (FH) is an international relief and development organization working in more than 25 countries around the world. Food for the Hungry was founded in 1971 by Dr. Larry Ward. FH's stated mission is "to walk with leaders, churches and families in overcoming all forms of human poverty by living in healthy relationship with God and His creation." [ [http://www.fh.org/philosophy_vision_identity ministry philosophy - Food for the Hungry ] ]

Food for the Hungry is a charter member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, since February 1, 1980. [ [http://www.ecfa.org/MemberProfile.aspx?ID=5160 Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) ] ]

FH is one of the leading organizations used by the United States federal government for food distribution programs abroad and its president, Benjamin K. Homan, was appointed to chair U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid. [ [http://www.publicintegrity.org/aids/org.aspx?id=9 Divine Intervention - The Center for Public Integrity ] ]

History

Larry Ward founded the organization in 1971, with offices in southern California. He moved the offices to Arizona in 1974.

Early projects included helping refugees in war-torn Bangladesh, victims of the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake, and hungry and needy people in Haiti and West Africa. Hunger Corps, the people-sending division of Food for the Hungry, began in 1979.

Dr. Larry Ward retired in 1984 and Ted Yamamori, Ph.D., became president. As a young child, Yamamori had his own near-starvation experience at the end of World War II in Japan. He survived, thanks to the kindness of strangers.

In January 2000, Dr. Yamamori, publicly announced his plans for retirement, after serving as president since 1984. On December 4, 2000, Benjamin K. Homan was announced as the president of Food for the Hungry, Incorporated (FH, Inc.).

Ben Homan came to Food for the Hungry after serving as vice president at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Mo., where he served since 1988. [ [http://www.ministrywatch.org/mw2.1/F_FullRpt.asp?EIN=952680390 MinistryWatch Full Profile ] ]

Food for the Hungry's HIV/AIDS prevention and care activities previously were smaller projects compared to its food distribution and development programs. In 2005, FH was awarded an $8.3 million grant through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to expand its prevention programs in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mozambique and Haiti. This grant is part of a $100-million pool of PEPFAR abstinence funds awarded by USAID through its Abstinence and Healthy Choices for Youth program in 2005. [ [http://www.publicintegrity.org/aids/org.aspx?id=9 Divine Intervention - The Center for Public Integrity ] ]

See also

Canadian Food for the Hungry

References

External Links

* [http://www.fh.org/ fh.org] Food for the Hungry home page