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Help Ananya keep the Community Pantry pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Pune.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Saturday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 27 families, and now we feed 126 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 59% 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 Pune 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 $400 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $210
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $110
• Baby formula and diapers: $30
• Refrigeration and electricity: $50
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
- Ananya
Updates from Ananya
Thank you all. We're at 20% now ($80). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
- David Ochieng Rashidi 🇹🇿 · $10
“Hang in there. My colleague told me about this one. - Zanzibar City”
- Guadalupe F. Ramos 🇨🇴 · $50
- Tika Tika Budiman 🇮🇩 · $10
- Hatem Nasser Youssef 🇲🇦 · $5
- Ghada Farah Mansour 🇪🇬 · $30
- Soledad A. Romero 🇺🇸 · $20
- Bảo Dương Ngo 🇻🇳 · $30
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Sending strength, Ananya. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted. God bless