Starve Poverty was born out of the heart of a man who has fallen in love with the poor.  It operates out of an ability to deploy humanitarian resources and target those resources toward specific projects that benefit specific people or groups of people.  The organization was formed from the remnants of a group that had partnered with Ron Fraser in the past; the resulting organization is now more effective than ever.

SPI now has an executive team composed of members that effectively fill the roles of project manager, registrar, when support staff is required, as is typical, public involvement/stakeholder outreach, and technical coordination.  This team assembles separate project teams on an as-needed basis; it provides all of the required team leaders to complete nearly any project: overall project management; structural, mechanical, electrical task leaders; and a finishing work leader, as well as the less skilled (but just as valuable) team members that work under each team leader. The result is a single, volunteer effort to complete a project in a limited amount of time (usually two weeks), for approximately one-fifth the cost of a government-furnished housing unit.

Starve Poverty seeks to expand its vision by expanding its scope of work, thereby benefiting greater numbers of people, both in the Bahamas and elsewhere.  In the Bahamas, where the perception of the separation of church and state is not as strident as it is in the U.S., SPI is able to partner with the Bahamian government on building projects through the many relationships it has obtained, over the years, with governmental leaders.  These projects vary is size from the rehabilitation of existing dwellings and tying residential structures into the local water infrastructure, to from-scratch residential design and construction.  These projects are occasionally dirty jobs that take a strong stomach to execute; other projects more often demand the commitment of the team to the project’s completion.  In every instance, the team is rewarded with the knowledge that needs have been met and lives have been changed.