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Feed 290 families each week at the Sunday Shelf in Jakarta Barat
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Jakarta Barat.
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Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Tuesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 290 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 35% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 18 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Jakarta Barat 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 $350 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $120
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $150
• Baby formula and diapers: $55
• Refrigeration and electricity: $25
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Dwi
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Sending good thoughts, Dwi. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Malang.
Hope it all works out. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.
Sending good thoughts, Dwi. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from San Cristóbal de las Casas.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Dwi!
hang in there. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Jakarta Barat.
it takes guts to ask. Well done. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Jakarta Barat.
wishing you peace, Dwi. Hope this works out for you. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Embakasi.
Praying for you, Dwi. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Medellín
Hang in there, Dwi. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Saint Petersburg.
Wishing you peace, Dwi. This could happen to any of us.
hope things get better soon, Dwi. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 17 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day!