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Help Asma keep the the Second Helping pantry stocked
The the Second Helping pantry in Alexandria is running low just as demand rises; $450 will stock it for 12 weeks.
🇪🇬 Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt574 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Thursday from the back of a community center. We started with 21 families, and now we feed 93 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 55% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Alexandria 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 $450 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $55
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $240
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $155
With deep gratitude,
Asma
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- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $51
“Happy to help. Gave what I could this week. - Iztapalapa”
- Nicholas R. Figueroa 🇬🇧 · $100
“Hope it all works out. From Belfast with love.”
- Khánh Phương Dang 🇻🇳 · $15
- Uma J. Pai 🇮🇳 · $50
“Every little bit. Thought of Asma all day after reading this. - Thane”
- Chang-min Kyung-soo Son 🇰🇷 · $10
- Daisuke Isamu Miura 🇯🇵 · $61
- Jignesh Phadke 🇮🇳 · $5
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $50
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Hang in there. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Greetings from Kampala.