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Feed 207 families each week at Community Pantry in Duque de Caxias
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Duque de Caxias.
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Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Monday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 17 families, and now we feed 207 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 57% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Duque de Caxias market and keep every receipt.
Each $15 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $950 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $330
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $360
• Baby formula and diapers: $170
• Refrigeration and electricity: $90
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
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- Wafa Amal Zidan 🇪🇬 · $20
- Nazrul Shafiq Akter 🇧🇩 · $8
- Doris K. Chavez 🇦🇺 · $50
- Emeka Chidi Nnamdi 🇳🇬 · $100
- Lorenzo K. Ramos 🇨🇴 · $75
- Jorge Diego Bezerra 🇧🇷 · $50
“From my family to yours. Been where you're, it gets better. - Pelotas”
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Wishing you peace. Great idea, hope you get there. After 16 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Sending good thoughts. Hope you get there. Don't give up. Blessings.
More neighborhoods should do this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from San Diego
Keep going, Camila. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. After 8 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Duque de Caxias.
Rooting for you, Camila. Shared it with a few friends. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Blessings
Take care, Camila. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 5 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings.
thinking of you. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Aurangabad
rooting for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Take care.
Sending love, Camila. This could happen to any of us. God bless