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Feed 327 families each week at Neighbors' Pantry in Ibadan
The Neighbors' Pantry pantry in Ibadan is running low just as demand rises; $550 will stock it for 7 weeks.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Saturday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 8 families, and now we feed 327 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 55% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Ibadan market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $550 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $280
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $110
• Baby formula and diapers: $85
• Refrigeration and electricity: $75
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Juliet
Good news. Because of your gifts ($352 in total) I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Babatunde Yakubu Tijani 🇳🇬 · $234
- Yohannes Zerihun 🇪🇹 · $72
“Hope it all works out. From Mekelle with love.”
- Sérgio Fernando Nascimento 🇧🇷 · $50
- Lawrence F. Vance 🇬🇧 · $30
- Genesis F. Obrien 🇺🇸 · $26
- Kemal Efe Ünal 🇹🇷 · $25
“Sending love. From Ankara with love. - Ankara”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $25
- Grace Comfort Popoola 🇳🇬 · $20
“Sending love. Shared with friends too. - Wudil”
- Patience Adjoa Kyei 🇬🇭 · $20
- Bello Zubby Falana 🇳🇬 · $20
- Ricardo Valdez 🇲🇽 · $20
“Thought of Juliet all day after reading this. - Ciudad de México”
- Teodora Camelia Popa 🇷🇴 · $10
“Take care of yourselves! - Timișoara”
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Thanks for sharing this, Juliet. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Ibadan.
Take care. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Sacramento this morning. Love from Sacramento.
Hope things get better soon. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Lapu-Lapu this morning. Thinking of Ibadan