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Feed 143 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Nakuru
The the Harvest Pantry pantry in Nakuru is running low just as demand rises; $350 will stock it for 9 weeks.
🇰🇪 Nakuru, Nakuru, Kenya1,621 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Saturday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 143 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 51% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 17 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Nakuru market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 feeds a family of four for a week.
I'll post the weekly shopping receipts and a photo of the shelves each Sunday.
Where the $350 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $130
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $130
• Baby formula and diapers: $65
• Refrigeration and electricity: $25
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Fatuma
Updates from Fatuma
Thank you all. We're at 27% now ($95). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
- Kalpana Januka Limbu 🇳🇵 · $12
- Elijah Joyner 🇺🇸 · $10
- Dolores E. Salazar 🇺🇸 · $10
- Omer Adnan Zardari 🇵🇰 · $5
“Wishing you the best. Thought of Fatuma all day after reading this. - Faisalabad”
- Phương Minh Nguyen 🇻🇳 · $10
- Josiane Simone Remy 🇨🇦 · $10
- Fatima Idowu Nnamdi 🇳🇬 · $50
- Joseph F. Ortiz 🇺🇸 · $25
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Thanks for sharing this. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Nakuru
Hang in there, Fatuma. Hope this works out for you. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care
Keep going. Looking forward to the next update. Love from Salvador.
Great idea, hope you get there. I have a 5 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Wish I lived closer to Anaheim so I could bring a meal. Blessings.
So sorry you're going through this, Fatuma. Looking forward to the next update. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care.
Hope things get better soon. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home
Wishing you the best. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Blessings.
Thinking of you and your family, Fatuma. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted!
Hang in there. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Accra donated after I showed her your page. Blessings!
Hang in there. Looking forward to the next update. After 7 years in retail I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Greetings from San Jose.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Fukuoka.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Petrópolis donated after I showed her your page
So sorry you're going through this. Shared it with a few friends. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless
Shared it with a few friends. Love from Siliguri.
Keep going, Fatuma. Shared it with a few friends. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Thinking of you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't give up. Love from Newcastle upon Tyne.
Sending strength. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. All the best!