Become a Myth Buster
About FWOP
Future Without Poverty is a non-profit organization that was born through the realization that handouts were not enough to fight poverty. Simply making donations is not sufficient. Instead, sustainable opportunities are needed to adequately fight poverty. “The Myth of No Effect” is the belief that one person cannot make a difference. Future Without Poverty seeks to break this myth by showing that each person can make a difference in our global community. Working together, we can give everyone the opportunity to have a future without poverty.
Future Without Poverty builds these opportunities by creating sustainable programs focused on the Four E’s:
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Education
Education•Empowerment
Empowerment•Enterprise
Enterprise•Environment
EnvironmentFuture Without Poverty seeks partners who will fight against poverty for the “long haul” and help in building self-sustaining, sustainable communities globally.
FWOP is working with individuals, communities, students, colleges, universities, businesses, governments, foundations and non-profit organizations forging partnerships to break the myth of no effect. We believe that each of us has the opportunity to help build a world with out poverty. If you believe that it is time to eliminate hunger, provide adequate shelter, clean water and a life with out the pain of poverty. Please sign into our guest book and consider being part of the solution.
Breaking The Myth of No Effect
a 501 (c) 3 non-profit tax exempt organization
Future Without Poverty
Ambassadors
working on projects to build Haiti
FWOP Committed to help Rebuild Haiti Now
This is a personal note from Tom Benjamin. I am the Vice President for International Community Development of Future Without Poverty. I began going to Haiti in 1985 and have been their over 20 times working with or leading teams of volunteers. I have worked on building a hospital, clinics, schools, orphanages and homes. I have worked on agriculture projects, micro enterprises, solar electric, water projects and a little of everything else. I have lost friends to this latest challenge and have seen my peers rush in to provide aid and assistance.
I have been asked by many different friends and members of FWOP if will we be sending a team to help with the rebuilding. I have hesitated to give an answer up to now. I am recommending that we do not send any teams to Haiti at this time or in the immediate future.
I personally think based on my experience the best thing for FWOP to do is to work with Fritz and Gerson who are members of FWOP and are Haitians that are living in the US and have gone back home to help rebuild their country. These are two individuals that we can trust that are Haitians with professional skills that can work with their people to rebuild their country. Instead of spending $1,000 for air travel, food and lodging for one volunteer for a week we can give these two members of FWOP $1,000 and they can provide work to their neighbors in Haiti and help rebuild the local economy. They hire Haitians that need work and can begin rebuilding the community and the economy at the same time.
In this way we are giving the Haitians a hand up not a hand out. We rebuild community pride and self respect and provide 100% of our donations directly to the people and not the airlines, staff and administrative costs. In this way we will have the greatest impact from the funds that are donated to FWOP. If you want to Help FWOP REBUILD HAITI NOW send your tax deductible contribution to FWOP at PO Box 73, Ripley Ohio 45167-9715 Please make out your check to FWOP and in the memo box write HAITI.
Thank you for your support
Tom Benjamin
