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Feed 167 families each week at Community Pantry in Ikeja
Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Ikeja.
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Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Wednesday from the back of a community center. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 167 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 41% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 18 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Ikeja 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 $200 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $25
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $105
• Baby formula and diapers: $70
With deep gratitude,
Femi
Updates from Femi
We're at 17% thanks to 4 of you. I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Thank you all. We're at 7% now ($14). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward fresh vegetables and fruit.
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Agnès Prevost 🇫🇷 · $25
“Thought of Femi all day after reading this. - Toulon”
- Sumon Ratul Uddin 🇧🇩 · $10
- Mathilde Meunier 🇫🇷 · $10
- Ismael N. Concepcion 🇵🇭 · $4
“Keep your head up. Hope the June deadline works out. - Manila”
- Gabriele Gabriele Carbone 🇮🇹 · $10
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This could happen to any of us. My husband and I read this together!
Hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 10 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best.
Hope it all works out, Femi. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Tiruchirappalli but we're thinking of you.