{"id":6984,"date":"2016-12-22T17:52:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T22:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/?page_id=6984"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:19:34","slug":"poverty-relief","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/projects\/poverty-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Alivio de la pobreza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"361\" alt=\"Together we deliver hope\" title=\"pov-header-1\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-header-1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-header-1-200x71.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-header-1-400x141.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-header-1-600x212.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-header-1-800x282.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-header-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-four-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:79.2%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:50;line-height:1.30;\"><h1 class=\"p1\"><strong>Poverty relief and assistance programs<\/strong><\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>According to the World Bank, over 712 million people\u2014about 9.7% of the world\u2014are living in extreme poverty, trying to survive on less than $2.15 a day. Progress has been made in certain areas, but the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing conflicts, and climate disasters have sent us backwards in heartbreaking ways.<\/p>\n<p>Poverty isn\u2019t just a number; it\u2019s the absence of basic things every person needs to live with dignity. It\u2019s children going hungry, their growth and futures forever altered. It\u2019s families without clean water, facing diseases they should never have to worry about. And it\u2019s the lack of education that keeps this vicious cycle spinning, leaving entire generations without the tools to break free.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of children living in extreme poverty, reaching 40% in 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly 90% of children living in extreme poverty reside in either sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.1 billion people, including 566 million children, live in multidimensional poverty, accounting for just over 18% of the world\u2019s population.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-1 {border-radius:2px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/give.franciscanmissions.org\/single-donation\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Donate Today<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"margin-top:20px;\"><p>&#8220;[Jesus] stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: \u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord\u2019s favor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luke 4:17-19 (NIV)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"pov-img-1\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"pov-img-4\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-4.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-4-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-4-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-4-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-4-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-four-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:79.2%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:50;line-height:1.30;\"><h2><strong>The work of Franciscan Missions as a poverty helping organization<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>We are convicted that God intends for all of His people to experience life to the fullest. We receive continual requests from our Franciscan friars around the world requesting funds to serve their parishes, as they pour themselves out in service to others. But with the needs so great, we must rely on the financial generosity of people like you to continue uplifting and spreading hope among those for whom darkness encroaches continually.<\/p>\n<p>Would you give a generous gift today to help our missionary friars care for children and others living in extreme poverty around the world?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-2 {border-radius:2px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/give.franciscanmissions.org\/single-donation\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Donate Today<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"pov-img-3\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-3.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-3-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"pov-img-2\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-2-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pov-img-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-four-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:79.2%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2><b>Recent Project Highlights<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3><strong>Poverty alleviation projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Everything we do is in service of the poorest of the poor around the world, from <a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/projects\/humanitarian-help-disaster-relief\/\">disaster relief<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/projects\/improve-education-in-developing-countries\/\">education<\/a> projects, to bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/projects\/improve-healthcare-in-developing-countries\/\">healthcare<\/a> to communities that desperately need it.<\/p>\n<p>Several projects funded each year target specific needs of impoverished communities that don&#8217;t fit neatly into one primary focus area, but play a crucial role in addressing poverty. Recent projects have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assistance to homeless people in the area of Templo San Francisco, La Veracruz neighborhood, Bogot\u00e1 Colombia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A housing project for the HIV infected and poor in Dindigul<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Programs for the Neighborhood Centers of Mission San Francisco in Salta, Argentina, which included a soup kitchen, music, and tailoring services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indigenous community support in India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b>The Hope is Real: Updates from the Mission Field<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div 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https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-scaled.jpeg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/hunger-relief-lushagala-camp-in-goma-drc\/\">Hunger Relief in for Refugees at the Lushagala Camp in Goma, DRC<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-scaled.jpeg\" data-id=\"7892\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" 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