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Feed 103 families each week at Bread & Beans Kitchen in Quezon City
Gemma runs a volunteer pantry feeding 103 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
🇵🇭 Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines1,407 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Friday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 19 families, and now we feed 103 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 52% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 7 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Quezon City market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $500 goes:
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $200
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $270
• Refrigeration and electricity: $30
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Gemma
Updates from Gemma
Wanted to say thank you properly. 12% funded and I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. - Gemma
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $20
- Eoin Power 🇮🇪 · $16.50
“Best of luck. Thought of Gemma all day after reading this. - Dublin”
- Aubree K. Walsh 🇬🇧 · $25
- Zoey Johnson 🇨🇦 · $50
“From my family to yours. Thought of Gemma all day after reading this.”
- Andrea Ferri 🇮🇹 · $20
- Shirley C. Norris 🇬🇧 · $30
“Hope this helps. Thought of Gemma all day after reading this. - Dundee”
- Tayyaba Sheikh 🇵🇰 · $10
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Take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected
Rooting for you, Gemma. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes
Best of luck, Gemma. I hope things turn around soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.