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Feed 281 families each week at Community Pantry in Belo Horizonte

Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Belo Horizonte.

🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil1,668 views
Rafaela Luciana Fernandes
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Belo Horizonte
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Sunday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 24 families, and now we feed 281 each week. Donations have dropped by about 37% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 14 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Belo Horizonte 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 $800 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $470 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $140 • Baby formula and diapers: $110 • Refrigeration and electricity: $80 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.

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  • Mackenzie P. Callahan 🇺🇸 · $100

    “Hope this helps. Been where you're, it gets better. - Dayton”

  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $100
  • Divina J. Reyes 🇵🇭 · $75
  • Zoey E. Cook 🇺🇸 · $74.50

    “Get well soon. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Lowell”

  • Hiếu Việt Phan 🇻🇳 · $74

    “Hang in there. Thought of Rafaela all day after reading this.”

  • Nicolás E. Cordero 🇲🇽 · $50

    “Be well. Thought of Rafaela all day after reading this. - Monterrey”

  • Irena Teresa Wiśniewski 🇵🇱 · $50
  • Bruno Arthur Cardoso 🇧🇷 · $50

    “God bless. My brother told me about this one. - Belém”

  • Camila Fonseca 🇧🇷 · $30

    “Thinking of you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Fortaleza”

  • Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $25

    “Thought of Rafaela all day after reading this. - Shubra”

  • Eleni Paraskevi Georgiou 🇬🇷 · $25

    “Hope things get better. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Piraeus”

  • Noreen Tayyaba Khan 🇵🇰 · $25

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Rafaela all day after reading this. - Sukkur”

  • Maya G. Garrett 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Layla Souad Hegazy 🇪🇬 · $25
  • Luca L. Schultz 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Palesa M. Nkosi 🇿🇦 · $20
  • Aubree W. Espinoza 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Zulkifli Lukman Gunawan 🇮🇩 · $20
  • Gregory H. Washington 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Nalini L. Nel 🇿🇦 · $20

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  • Thinking of you, Rafaela. Looking forward to the next update. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings.

    • You're not alone, Rafaela. I hope things turn around soon.

      • Sending good thoughts. I hope things turn around soon. Sent it to 13 people at work

        • Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Calamba donated after I showed her your page

          • Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Dhaka.

            • Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Belo Horizonte.

              • Best of luck. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Bogor.

                • Best of luck, Rafaela. Great idea, hope you get there.

                  • you're not alone, Rafaela. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

                    • Thinking of you and your family, Rafaela. I hope things turn around soon. Take care!

                      • Hang in there, Rafaela. Great idea, hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update.

                        • Best of luck. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Tema

                          • Praying for you, Rafaela. Shared it with a few friends.

                            • Wishing you the best. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Belo Horizonte.

                              • Take care. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Dar es Salaam this morning. All the best

                                • Thanks for sharing this, Rafaela. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Warangal.

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