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Feed 362 families each week at Neighbors' Pantry in Cần Thơ
The Neighbors' Pantry pantry in Cần Thơ is running low just as demand rises; $300 will stock it for 8 weeks.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Thursday from the back of a community center. We started with 17 families, and now we feed 362 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 56% this summer, 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 Cần Thơ market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $300 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $125
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $120
• Baby formula and diapers: $45
• Refrigeration and electricity: $10
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Updates from Đức
Thank you all. We're at 13% now ($40). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers.
Update from Cần Thơ: we've started the first stage. We're at 8% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Quick update: $40 raised so far (13%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Everett W. Bell 🇦🇺 · $10
“Thought of Đức all day after reading this. - Melbourne”
- Amelia L. Whitaker 🇨🇦 · $15
“Rooting for you. I'm in Kelowna, thinking of you.”
- Nasrin Jannat Siddique 🇧🇩 · $25
“Take care of yourselves. - Sylhet”
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any update on how things are going in Cần Thơ?
Sending good thoughts. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Cần Thơ.
Thank you. If you're in Cần Thơ I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Good question.
Hope this works out for you. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in Makati but we're thinking of you
Thanks for sharing this, Đức. Hope you get there
thinking of you and your family, Đức. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.