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Feed 289 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Durban
Help keep a free food pantry open for families facing hunger in Durban.
🇿🇦 KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaPosted Oct 1, 20261,011 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Friday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 18 families, and now we feed 289 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 51% 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 Durban market and keep every receipt.
Each $15 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 $350 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $45
• Baby formula and diapers: $55
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $250
I hope life is good to you.
- Ruan
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- Malathi E. Das 🇮🇳 · $50 · 3h ago
“Hope it all works out. Hope the November deadline works out. - Dwarka”
- Nida Humaira Kakar 🇵🇰 · $50 · 3h ago
“Keep your head up. Hope the November deadline works out. - Faisalabad”
- Emily B. Schmidt 🇬🇧 · $25 · 3h ago
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $100 · 3h ago
“Sending love. Gave what I could this week. - Louisville”
- Sylvie Sarah Giraud 🇫🇷 · $53 · 3h ago
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Thinking of you and your family, Ruan. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
How is Ruan doing now?
Hope things get better soon. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Kyiv.
Best of luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Latina
Sending good thoughts, Ruan. This could happen to any of us. Blessings