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Help Richard keep the the Second Helping pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Cape Coast.
🇬🇭 Cape Coast, Central, Ghana1,113 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Tuesday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 22 families, and now we feed 369 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 52% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 9 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Cape Coast market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $250 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $50
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $115
• Baby formula and diapers: $85
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Richard
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- Eliane Lúcia Andrade 🇧🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇯🇵 · $33
- Hatem Ibrahim 🇪🇬 · $30
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
- Camille J. Bautista 🇵🇭 · $20
“Sending love. Shared with friends too. - Caloocan”
- Rachel Baker 🇺🇸 · $20
- Lungile S. Van Wyk 🇿🇦 · $15
- Florence Geneviève Brun 🇨🇦 · $10
- Ronan O'Leary 🇮🇪 · $10
“Take care of yourselves. From Galway with love. - Galway”
- Lincoln H. Radcliffe 🇺🇸 · $10
- Salman Hassan Rehman 🇵🇰 · $10
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Richard all day after reading this.”
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Shared this with my family. My neighbor in London donated after I showed her your page. God bless.
your post was clear and honest. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Anaheim.
hang in there, Richard. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Wish I lived closer to Lowell so I could bring a meal
is refrigeration and electricity the biggest cost or is there more coming?
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. refrigeration and electricity is the biggest at $50. I'll keep the page updated.
Sending good thoughts. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did!
Thanks for sharing this, Richard. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Mumbai
Hope things get better soon. Your post was clear and honest. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Cape Coast.
Sending love, Richard. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless