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Help Rafaela keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked
The Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry in São Paulo is running low just as demand rises; $1,050 will stock it for 6 weeks.
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil1,139 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Monday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 15 families, and now we feed 175 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 38% this harvest gap, 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 São Paulo market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $1,050 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $570
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $310
• Baby formula and diapers: $115
• Refrigeration and electricity: $55
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Updates from Rafaela
Update from São Paulo: I made the first payment toward refrigeration and electricity. We're at 10% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Kamal Nalin Fernando 🇱🇰 · $100
- Zoe S. Bryant 🇬🇧 · $25
- Fahad Waqas Chaudhry 🇵🇰 · $10
“Happy to help. Thought of Rafaela all day after reading this. - Quetta”
- Utami Maya Hidayat 🇮🇩 · $10
“Praying for you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Surabaya”
- Halima Zawadi Maina 🇰🇪 · $100
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Rafaela all day after reading this. - Kasarani”
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More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from Amsterdam.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Rafaela.
Sure. The biggest one is rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale), $570. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Thanks for asking.
Rooting for you. Hope this works out for you. Don't give up. God bless.
Hope it all works out. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Love from Kyiv!
Thanks for sharing this, Rafaela. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
hope it all works out, Rafaela. Great idea, hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Geelong.
good luck, Rafaela. Looking forward to the next update. After 28 years in construction I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Love from Tokyo.
sending strength. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Quezon City
Sending good thoughts. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from São Paulo
shared it with a few friends. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too!
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Saket.
Wishing you the best, Rafaela. Great idea, hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Sending good thoughts. Shared it with a few friends. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Your post was clear and honest. Put this on a community board in Memphis this morning