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Feed 76 families each week at the Second Helping in Mumbai
The the Second Helping pantry in Mumbai is running low just as demand rises; $500 will stock it for 12 weeks.
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India1,706 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Saturday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 27 families, and now we feed 76 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 42% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 19 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Mumbai 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 $500 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $340
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $70
• Baby formula and diapers: $50
• Refrigeration and electricity: $40
Thank you for reading my story.
- Omar
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- Tunde Henry Nwachukwu 🇳🇬 · $61
“Best of luck. Only $61 but hope it helps. - Badagry”
- Aldo Bruno Lombardi 🇮🇹 · $50
- Misaki Yokoyama 🇯🇵 · $30
- Yash N. Khanna 🇮🇳 · $20
“Take care of yourselves! - Noida”
- Themba Adams 🇿🇦 · $17
“Rooting for you - Durban”
- Karl Werner 🇩🇪 · $10
“From my family to yours! - Cologne”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $10
- Anonymous 🇯🇲 · $10
“Sending love - Mandeville”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $5
“My neighbor told me about this one. - Rajkot”
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Omar.
Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is $340 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. It helps to be asked.
Wishing you peace. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 15 people at work.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Omar?
Thank you. If you're in Mumbai I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. I'll keep the page updated.
Rooting for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer
rooting for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best.
sending good thoughts, Omar. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Keep going, Omar. Your post was clear and honest. God bless.
How is Omar doing now?
Sending strength, Omar. More neighborhoods should do this. All the best.
Keep going, Omar. I hope things turn around soon. God bless.
thanks for sharing this. More neighborhoods should do this.
sending strength. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Haarlem this morning.
More neighborhoods should do this. All the best
Sending good thoughts, Omar. Shared it with a few friends. Wish I lived closer to Addis Ababa so I could bring a meal.
Hope things get better soon, Omar. Shared this with my family!
Rooting for you. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Kawasaki
I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Dhaka
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.