Food for the Hungry
| Founder(s) | Larry Ward |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1971 |
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Area served | 25 countries |
| Website | fh.org |
Food for the Hungry (FH) is an international relief and development organization working in more than 26 countries around the world.[1] Food for the Hungry was founded in 1971 by Dr. Larry Ward.[1] 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"[2] which was taken from Psalm 146:7 "He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry".[1]
Food for the Hungry is a charter member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, since February 1, 1980.[3]
FH is one of the leading organizations used by the United States federal government for food distribution programs abroad and its former president, Benjamin K. Homan, was appointed to chair U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid.[4]
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[edit] 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. Subsequently, Randall Hoag was appointed president. From 1983 - 2006, Dr. Hoag served with Food for the Hungry International (FHI), an international Christian relief and development organization. He was FHI's International President from 2001-6. He also served FHI in many other capacities such as: Executive Vice President, VP of International Operations, VP of Latin America/Finance, and Country Director for FHI/Bolivia.
On December 4, 2006, 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.[5]
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.[4]
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- ^ ministry philosophy - Food for the Hungry
- ^ Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)
- ^ a b Divine Intervention - The Center for Public Integrity
- ^ MinistryWatch Full Profile
