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Feed 109 families each week at the Second Helping in Gwagwalada
Kingsley runs a volunteer pantry feeding 109 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Friday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 24 families, and now we feed 109 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 46% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 14 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Gwagwalada 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 $450 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $200
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $115
• Baby formula and diapers: $90
• Refrigeration and electricity: $45
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Kingsley
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- Serena Veronica Valentini 🇮🇹 · $100
- Efthymia Angeliki Stavrou 🇬🇷 · $20
“Wish I could do more. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Athens”
- Kevin Kioko Kariuki 🇰🇪 · $5
- Meseret Helen Demissie 🇪🇹 · $8
“Take care of yourselves. Saw your post and had to give. - Adama”
- Nur Fitri Hartono 🇮🇩 · $20
“Hope it all works out. Shared with friends too. - Bandung”
- Fitri Putri Utomo 🇮🇩 · $30
- Naomi M. Contreras 🇺🇸 · $15
“God bless. My neighbor told me about this one. - Albany”
- Thành Trieu 🇻🇳 · $30
- Tariq Hassan Kakar 🇵🇰 · $50
“Thought of Kingsley all day after reading this. - Gujranwala”
- Rocco Ferretti 🇮🇹 · $50
“Hope the July deadline works out. - Naples”
- Eli D. Alexander 🇺🇸 · $20
- Liliana H. Singh 🇨🇦 · $20
- Gashaw Nebiyu Abera 🇪🇹 · $20
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $5
- Piotr Mateusz Michalak 🇵🇱 · $10
- Rahim Sohel Jahan 🇮🇳 · $20
- Larysa Milena Alexandrov 🇷🇺 · $20
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Thanks for sharing this, Kingsley. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. All the best.
so sorry you're going through this, Kingsley. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Gwagwalada
is there anything that isn't money that would help Kingsley?
Sending strength, Kingsley. This could happen to any of us. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Love from Ciudad de México.
Sending good thoughts, Kingsley. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Take care
How is Kingsley doing now?
wishing you peace. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Nagpur.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I hope July is when things finally get easier. God bless.
Stay strong, Kingsley. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Kampala.
Hope it all works out, Kingsley. Hope you get there. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care.