Together, We Can Build Brighter Futures

You can transform the future of children in El Salvador. Food for the Poor (FFTP) and their in-country partner, FUSAL, through their early childhood development program, work to modify family behaviors and conduct monthly activities in community sites to strengthen children's development.   Your kindness makes this possible.  Every dollar raised on this page goes directly to the Church of the Transfiguration's partnership with Food for The Poor’s Maternal Care & Early Childhood Development program supporting 50 community sites in rural areas of Cuscatlan, El Salvador, ensuring that young children in these impoverished areas have the resources they need to learn, grow, and succeed.

Why Early Childhood Education Matters

The brain evolves at an unprecedented rate during the first few years of life, establishing 700 to 1,000 new neural connections per second.  These connections depend largely on the interactions between children and their caregivers as well as environmental stimuli, both positive and negative. Limited early stimulation services and a lack of family involvement in educational activities, especially by fathers, are the norm in El Salvador. Among families in rural areas, the situation is aggravated. 

 This program will provide families with appropriate training and spaces to strengthen the emotional bonds between parents and children, develop key skills for their transition to pre-school, drive understanding of the importance of dedicating quality time to interacting with their children and how play contributes to fundamental skills development during childhood.  Y ou can be part of the solution.  Click HERE   to see the video of our recent service/learing trip to El Salvador.

Your Gift Can Open the Doors to Learning

Every donation to this campaign helps to:

Provide 50 community sites with durable educational toys, a children's library to promote art and reading skills, and other materials promoting early stimulation activities

Support community sites with training for 180 volunteers committed to delivering early childhood education to families in their own communities

Provide instruction on nutrition and meal preparation essential for physical and mental development 

Ensure children have access to safe and inspiring learning environments.

 If you would like to donate to our current project El Salvador, we have several ways to do so. 

Donating online is fast, easy and secure. Simply click here to go to our FFTP Champion page:  www.foodforthepoor.org/transfiguration

You can write a check directly to Food for the Poor and write Transfiguration SC162658 in the memo line to ensure tracking. Whether you are writing a check or sending one through an IRA or Charitable Giving Fund, please include this Source Code and “Church of the Transfiguration” on the check.  Place that donation check in an envelope and mail it to:

Food For The Poor Inc. 

Attn: MGI Dept. -Champions c/o Ellen Speltz

6401 Lyons Road 

Coconut Creek, FL 33073 

Bring your bottles and cans eligible for deposit in New York to Upstate Bottle Return where we have an account set up. They have several locations in our area.  If you choose to go, simply tell them you would like your donation to be credited to the Church of Transfiguration’s account, or put them in the bin in the walkway to the PLC.