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Help Nikom keep the Community Pantry pantry stocked

Nikom runs a volunteer pantry feeding 374 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.

🇹🇭 Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand967 views
Nikom Chanthara
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Bangkok
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Saturday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 14 families, and now we feed 374 each week. Donations have dropped by about 49% this winter, 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 Bangkok market and keep every receipt. Each $10 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 $850 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $360 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $320 • Baby formula and diapers: $75 • Refrigeration and electricity: $95 With deep gratitude, Nikom
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Updates from Nikom

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 66% funded and we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Quick update: $338 raised so far (40%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($122 in total) the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

Donations

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  • João Oliveira 🇧🇷 · $200
  • Saar Corrie Bosman 🇳🇱 · $100

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Nikom all day after reading this.”

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  • Beatrice Anyango Mwangi 🇰🇪 · $52

    “Take care of yourselves - Kikuyu”

  • Okta Zahra Handoko 🇮🇩 · $50

    “Every little bit. My father told me about this one. - Bekasi”

  • Cristina N. Fernández 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Miguel Rodrigo Mendes 🇧🇷 · $50
  • Lukas Jäger 🇩🇪 · $39

    “Shared with friends too. - Mannheim”

  • Yana Iryna Fedorov 🇷🇺 · $30
  • Gabriel Eduardo Gomes 🇧🇷 · $27
  • Eliana B. Hawkins 🇺🇸 · $27

    “Stay strong. Hope the September deadline works out. - San Francisco”

  • Sun-hee Ji-hye Do 🇰🇷 · $25

    “You got this. - Busan”

  • Claudia Renate Brandt 🇩🇪 · $25
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  • Ayanda Kruger 🇿🇦 · $11.50
  • Mariana T. Gómez 🇨🇴 · $11.50
  • Nnamdi Yakubu Coker 🇳🇬 · $10
  • Vivian L. Bishop 🇺🇸 · $10

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  • Natalia Gutierrez

    Good luck. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Asaba this morning. Greetings from Asaba.

    • Wawan Harahap

      Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. After 27 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings.

      • Akoth Wambui Juma

        Hang in there. I hope things turn around soon. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Coimbatore.

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