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Feed 171 families each week at the Second Helping in São Paulo
The the Second Helping pantry in São Paulo is running low just as demand rises; $500 will stock it for 12 weeks.
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Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Thursday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 14 families, and now we feed 171 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 40% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 11 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the São Paulo market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 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 $500 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $60
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $310
• Refrigeration and electricity: $130
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Sônia
Quick update: $40 raised so far (8%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Oskar Klein 🇩🇪 · $19
“Keep your head up. I'm in Karlsruhe, thinking of you.”
- Maarten Gijs Bosman 🇳🇱 · $62.50
- Guadalupe T. Acosta 🇲🇽 · $18.50
- Renata L. Nava 🇺🇸 · $25
- Lauren W. Welch 🇺🇸 · $30
- Dinda Sinta Kartika 🇮🇩 · $5
“Good luck. Been where you are, it gets better. - Jakarta Barat”
- Ines Huda El-Sayed 🇫🇷 · $25
- Lúcia Renata Marques 🇧🇷 · $10
“Every little bit. Thought of Sônia all day after reading this.”
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good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Sheffield.