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Feed 369 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Thika
Adhiambo runs a volunteer pantry feeding 369 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.
🇰🇪 01072, Thika, Kiambu, Kenya1,261 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Tuesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 369 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 45% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 20 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Thika 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 $650 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $260
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $270
• Baby formula and diapers: $60
• Refrigeration and electricity: $60
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Adhiambo
Thank you all. We're at 20% now ($130). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
- Raymond Benjamin Obeng 🇬🇭 · $100
- Horst Jürgen Müller 🇩🇪 · $100
“Thought of Adhiambo all day after reading this. - Dortmund”
- Mana Hashimoto 🇯🇵 · $25
- Hailey N. Gilbert 🇺🇸 · $10
- Viktoria Alina Melnyk 🇷🇺 · $10
“Be well. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Yekaterinburg”
- Consuelo P. Cruz 🇺🇸 · $10
“Stay strong. Hope the September deadline works out. - Albany”
- Maryna Zoya Filippov 🇺🇦 · $5
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hope it all works out, Adhiambo. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. God bless!
Best of luck, Adhiambo. It takes guts to ask. Well done
Hang in there, Adhiambo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless
Wishing you peace, Adhiambo. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Mwanza.
Thinking of you and your family, Adhiambo. It takes guts to ask. Well done
Take care. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Rome.
Stay strong, Adhiambo. Hope this works out for you. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless.
Sending good thoughts, Adhiambo. Hope this works out for you. Take care.
wishing you peace. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My husband and I read this together. God bless