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Help Bongani keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked

Bongani runs a volunteer pantry feeding 312 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.

🇿🇦 KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa649 views
Bongani H. Coetzee
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Richards Bay
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Friday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 29 families, and now we feed 312 each week. Donations have dropped by about 43% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Richards Bay market and keep every receipt. Each $10 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $950 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $530 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $270 • Baby formula and diapers: $75 • Refrigeration and electricity: $75 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Bongani
#food-pantry#hunger#volunteer-led#food

Updates from Bongani

  1. Update from Richards Bay: the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. We're at 42% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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