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Feed 370 families each week at Bread & Beans Kitchen in Lalitpur

Sandeep runs a volunteer pantry feeding 370 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.

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Sandeep Yubraj Gautam
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Lalitpur
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Sunday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 15 families, and now we feed 370 each week. Donations have dropped by about 53% this summer, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 13 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Lalitpur 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 $300 goes: • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $70 • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $185 • Baby formula and diapers: $45 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support. - Sandeep
#food-pantry#hunger#volunteer-led#food

Updates from Sandeep

  1. Small update. $185 so far, the plan for fresh vegetables and fruit is now scheduled.

  2. 68% there. I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers. Thank you.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($240 in total) I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

Donations

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  • Angelica Mercado 🇵🇭 · $135
  • Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $76
  • Silvia W. Navarro 🇨🇴 · $50
  • Amanuel Dawit Kebede 🇪🇹 · $25

    “Hope this helps. My father told me about this one. - Mekelle”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $20

    “Blessings. Hope the November deadline works out. - Khulna”

  • Kingsley Kelechi Idowu 🇳🇬 · $10
  • Oksana Vera Egorov 🇺🇦 · $4

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  • Shirin Parvin MukherjeeID verified

    Wishing you the best. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Thiruvananthapuram

    • Wondimu Amanuel Ayele

      Sending good thoughts. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Dallas this morning. God bless

      • Susana B. Domínguez

        Hope things get better soon, Sandeep. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money

        • Asma Nadia Belkacem

          hang in there. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Wish I lived closer to Kinondoni so I could bring a meal.

          • Nirali G. Sathe

            praying for you, Sandeep. Gave what I could, wish it was more. After 28 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Nashik.

            • Madeline T. Sanders

              So sorry you're going through this. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't give up. Love from Kanpur.

              • Sameer J. Chavan

                Best of luck, Sandeep. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it

                • Grace Patel

                  Wishing you peace, Sandeep. More neighborhoods should do this. I hope November is when things finally get easier

                  • Burcu Büşra Kara

                    sending good thoughts. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in Indore donated after I showed her your page

                    • Selim Ahmet Polat

                      Thinking of you and your family, Sandeep. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope November is when things finally get easier.

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