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Help Farah keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for families facing hunger in Riyadh.
🇸🇦 11401, Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaPosted Oct 1, 20262,621 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Wednesday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 30 families, and now we feed 97 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 41% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 18 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Riyadh market and keep every receipt.
Each $20 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 $1,450 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $630
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $310
• Baby formula and diapers: $390
• Refrigeration and electricity: $120
With deep gratitude,
Farah
Updates from Farah
Thank you all. We're at 31% now ($447). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 49% funded and we've started the first stage.
We're at 52% thanks to 17 of you. I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
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“Happy to help. I'm in Mysuru, thinking of you.”
- Véronique Roche 🇫🇷 · $33.50 · 2h ago
“Hope it all works out - Marseille”
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“Keep your head up. Thought of Farah all day after reading this.”
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“Praying for you. From Coimbatore with love. - Coimbatore”
- Nathalie Colette Vidal 🇫🇷 · $25 · 2h ago
“Thought of Farah all day after reading this.”
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Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Riyadh
Thank you. If you're in Riyadh I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great.
your post was clear and honest. After 28 years in accounting I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Thanks for sharing this, Farah. It takes guts to ask. Well done. It's not much but it's yours
Good luck. Great idea, hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too
hope things get better soon. Hope you get there.
How is Farah doing now?
thanks for sharing this, Farah. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Riyadh
thanks for sharing this, Farah. It takes guts to ask. Well done. It's not much but it's yours.
best of luck. Shared it with a few friends. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
Sending good thoughts. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from San Diego.
Best of luck, Farah. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless.