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Help Kanchana keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Colombo.

🇱🇰 Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka1,671 views
Kanchana Samanthi Silva
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Colombo
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Thursday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 30 families, and now we feed 356 each week. Donations have dropped by about 49% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 19 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Colombo 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 $350 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $120 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $90 • Baby formula and diapers: $95 • Refrigeration and electricity: $45 Thank you for reading my story.

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  • Adjoa Patience Ntim 🇬🇭 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Andrés A. Guerrero 🇦🇷 · $5
  • Shakil Joy Jahan 🇧🇩 · $70
  • Owen B. Li 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Jia Juan Yao 🇦🇺 · $13
  • Violet Romero 🇦🇺 · $30
  • Teresita E. Santos 🇵🇭 · $20

    “Best of luck. Thought of Kanchana all day after reading this. - Cebu City”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Nandini B. Vaidyanathan 🇮🇳 · $17.50
  • Rowena M. Castillo 🇺🇸 · $50

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