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Feed 60 families each week at the Sunday Shelf in Dasmariñas
Help keep a free food pantry open for families facing hunger in Dasmariñas.
🇵🇭 4119, Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines892 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Monday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 30 families, and now we feed 60 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 57% this winter, 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 Dasmariñas market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 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 $550 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $280
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $180
• Baby formula and diapers: $40
• Refrigeration and electricity: $50
Glad we found this place.
- Manuel
Updates from Manuel
Update from Dasmariñas: I made the first payment toward refrigeration and electricity. We're at 35% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
We're at 32% thanks to 2 of you. I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
- Nneka Ife Okafor 🇳🇬 · $100
“Be well. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Warri”
- Shirley A. Schneider 🇺🇸 · $100
- Todd N. Wheeler 🇬🇧 · $75
- Comfort Ngozi Adeyemi 🇳🇬 · $17
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Sending strength, Manuel. More neighborhoods should do this. After 6 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Hope it all works out, Manuel. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. God bless.
Hope things get better soon, Manuel. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Buenos Aires.
Stay strong, Manuel. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Soweto this morning