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Help Barasa keep the Community Pantry pantry stocked

Barasa runs a volunteer pantry feeding 252 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.

🇰🇪 Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya1,254 views
Barasa Barasa Kamau
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Embakasi
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Sunday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 8 families, and now we feed 252 each week. Donations have dropped by about 57% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 11 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Embakasi 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): $150 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $220 • Baby formula and diapers: $120 • Refrigeration and electricity: $60 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to. - Barasa
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  • Brooklyn B. Dominguez 🇺🇸 · $40.50
  • Anonymous 🇹🇭 · $100

    “God bless. Hope the January deadline works out. - Bang Khen”

  • Maryna Viktoria Kuznetsov 🇷🇺 · $10
  • Giang Cao 🇻🇳 · $10
  • Axel G. Chavez 🇬🇧 · $100

    “Keep your head up. Hope the January deadline works out. - Liverpool”

  • Jahid Rafiq Kabir 🇧🇩 · $25
  • Latha W. Gounder 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Shima Nusrat Mukherjee 🇧🇩 · $50
  • Lina Yasmin Youssef 🇮🇹 · $20

    “Stay strong. - Bari”

  • Andile H. Pienaar 🇿🇦 · $37

    “Thought of Barasa all day after reading this. - Johannesburg”

  • Iqra Farah Lodhi 🇵🇰 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Isla A. Rowe 🇬🇧 · $20
  • Deirdre H. O'Farrell 🇮🇪 · $43

    “Hope things get better. Thought of Barasa all day after reading this. - Kilkenny”

Reviews

4.0(2 reviews)

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  • Natalia Boyd🇨🇦Verified donor
    Patient and understanding

    I was going through a tough time and this person's support was invaluable. They didn't judge, just helped. That kind of genuine compassion is rare these days.

  • Rodrigo E. Luna🇪🇸Verified helper
    Practical and effective help

    This helper is honest and transparent about what they can do. They didn't overpromise, but they did deliver excellent results. I would definitely trust them again.

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  • Cristian E. Ríos

    Take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Madrid.

    • Umesh Pawan Subedi

      Hope it all works out, Barasa. Your post was clear and honest. Take care

      • Carlos Sérgio Guimarães

        You're not alone, Barasa. Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.

        • Faruk Zahid Bhuiyan

          Thanks for sharing this, Barasa. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor in Dhaka donated after I showed her your page.

          • Mim Rina Kabir

            Take care, Barasa. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Embakasi

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