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Help Chidinma keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Abuja.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Wednesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 16 families, and now we feed 296 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 48% this summer, 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 Abuja market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $450 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $175
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $110
• Baby formula and diapers: $100
• Refrigeration and electricity: $65
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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- Silas N. Nelson 🇦🇺 · $100
“Rooting for you. - Cairns”
- Kweku Eric Tetteh 🇬🇭 · $10
“Stay strong. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Madina”
- Wayne N. Spence 🇯🇲 · $40
- Lourdes R. Rangel 🇺🇸 · $15
“Hang in there. - Dayton”
- Maud Anne Meijers 🇳🇱 · $50
- Saar De Vries 🇳🇱 · $10
“You got this. Gave what I could this week. - Haarlem”
- Neha W. Gurjar 🇮🇳 · $10
- Guilherme Paulo Almeida 🇧🇷 · $25
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Good luck, Chidinma. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Rooting for you, Chidinma. Your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. God bless!
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I hope November is when things finally get easier. All the best.
Hope things get better soon, Chidinma. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Blessings.
how is Chidinma doing now?
Rooting for you. Hope this works out for you. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Abuja!
Best of luck, Chidinma. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Madrid.
Hope it all works out, Chidinma. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Cambridge.
Praying for you. This could happen to any of us. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Austin.
Thinking of you and your family, Chidinma. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Best of luck, Chidinma. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
Wishing you the best. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best.