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Feed 319 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Jakarta Selatan

Iwan runs a volunteer pantry feeding 319 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.

🇮🇩 Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia1,336 views
Iwan Arief Winata
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Jakarta Selatan
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Tuesday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 18 families, and now we feed 319 each week. Donations have dropped by about 36% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 9 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Jakarta Selatan 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 $400 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $125 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $170 • Baby formula and diapers: $65 • Refrigeration and electricity: $40 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Iwan
#food-pantry#hunger#volunteer-led#food

Updates from Iwan

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($100 in total) I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Renata B. Velasco 🇲🇽 · $10

    “Thinking of you. Only $10 but hope it helps. - León”

  • Sagar Manoj Koirala 🇳🇵 · $20

    “Wishing you the best. Hope the December deadline works out. - Bhaktapur”

  • Colton A. Mendez 🇨🇦 · $3
  • Emiliano A. Lara 🇲🇽 · $50
  • Aishwarya K. Doshi 🇮🇳 · $50

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  • Parker E. Vasquez

    Wishing you peace, Iwan. More neighborhoods should do this

    • Leonardo Tomás Herrera

      Good luck. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Take care.

      • Rohit B. Venkatesh

        stay strong, Iwan. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings

        • Clodagh B. BrennanQuestion

          how is Iwan doing now?

          • Isabel W. EstradaPhoto verified

            Wishing you the best, Iwan. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Lahore

            • Ebuka Ifeanyi Eze

              Thinking of you and your family. Shared this with my family. Greetings from Aberdeen.

              • Viviane Daniela Xavier

                Hang in there, Iwan. Great idea, hope you get there. Take care

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