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Feed 205 families each week at the Thursday Table in Lahore
Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Lahore.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Monday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 205 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 48% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 13 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Lahore 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): $240
• Baby formula and diapers: $25
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $85
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Shaista
Updates from Shaista
Good news. Because of your gifts ($324 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Thank you all. We're at 32% now ($111). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward rice, beans, flour and oil.
Quick update: $40 raised so far (11%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Maverick J. Johnson 🇺🇸 · $157.50
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $50
- Jocelyn A. Adams 🇦🇺 · $47
- Flávio Jorge Siqueira 🇧🇷 · $43
- Ochieng Joseph Onyango 🇹🇿 · $20
“Thinking of you. Thought of Shaista all day after reading this. - Dar es Salaam”
- Anjali P. Saxena 🇮🇳 · $16
- Ezekiel G. Neal 🇬🇧 · $10
“Be well. Hope the September deadline works out. - Edinburgh”
- Omondi Joseph Bakari 🇹🇿 · $10
- Padam Naresh Pun 🇳🇵 · $5
- Joy Nahid Sen 🇧🇩 · $5
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Hope things get better soon. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. After 19 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Lahore
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Shaista!
stay strong. I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Tampa so I could bring a meal. God bless
Take care. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Take care!