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Help Joy keep the the Harvest Pantry pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for neighbors in need in Ikeja.
🇳🇬 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria1,764 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Saturday from the back of a community center. We started with 26 families, and now we feed 346 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 54% 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 Ikeja 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:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $240
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $115
• Baby formula and diapers: $30
• Refrigeration and electricity: $65
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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“All the best. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Uberlândia”
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $50
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sending strength. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My neighbor in Dallas donated after I showed her your page
Best of luck, Joy. Looking forward to the next update. I'll check back for the next update.
thanks for sharing this, Joy. Looking forward to the next update. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Take care!
Good luck, Joy. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Ikeja.
Sending love, Joy. Shared this with my family. I have a 15 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless
Sending strength. Hope you get there. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless.
Thanks for sharing this. Shared this with my family. I have a 9 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care!
Wishing you the best, Joy. Great idea, hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update.
Thanks for sharing this, Joy. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. God bless!
Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Lethbridge
Hope things get better soon. Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Coventry so I could bring a meal.
keep going, Joy. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless