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Feed 133 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Dhaka
Dola runs a volunteer pantry feeding 133 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh2,091 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Wednesday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 19 families, and now we feed 133 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 47% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Dhaka 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 $350 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $155
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $140
• Baby formula and diapers: $35
• Refrigeration and electricity: $20
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from Dola
Thank you all. We're at 60% now ($209). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
Update from Dhaka: we've started the first stage. We're at 19% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Dola
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“Hope things get better. Thought of Dola all day after reading this.”
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Thinking of you. Shared it with a few friends. My husband and I read this together. Blessings!
Your post was clear and honest. I hope July is when things finally get easier. All the best.
sending love, Dola. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Gazipur
Stay strong, Dola. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Kobe.