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Feed 274 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Nagpur
Kiara runs a volunteer pantry feeding 274 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
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Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Monday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 28 families, and now we feed 274 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 41% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 12 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Nagpur 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 $450 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $175
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $155
• Baby formula and diapers: $95
• Refrigeration and electricity: $25
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Kiara
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- Kevin Flanagan 🇮🇪 · $100
- Daniela R. Luna 🇨🇴 · $50
- Kavita G. Kohli 🇮🇳 · $15
- Márcia Kelly Gomes 🇧🇷 · $20
- Esther Sanne Van der Veen 🇳🇱 · $15
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Keep going, Kiara. I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Jakarta Selatan this morning. All the best.
Hang in there, Kiara. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Blessings.
Sending strength, Kiara. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'll check back for the next update. God bless.
Sending good thoughts. Shared this with my family. My husband and I read this together. Love from Seattle!
stay strong, Kiara. Hope you get there. Don't give up.