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Help Salim keep the the Sunday Shelf pantry stocked
The the Sunday Shelf pantry in Kisumu is running low just as demand rises; $600 will stock it for 10 weeks.
🇰🇪 Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya1,143 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Saturday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 18 families, and now we feed 214 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 30% this rainy season, 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 Kisumu 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 $600 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $290
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $180
• Baby formula and diapers: $80
• Refrigeration and electricity: $50
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Salim
Small update. $65 so far, I made the first payment toward rice, beans, flour and oil.
Small update. $75 so far, the plan for refrigeration and electricity is now scheduled.
Quick update: $75 raised so far (13%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Márcia Valentina Soares 🇧🇷 · $64
- Lourdes W. Ramírez 🇺🇸 · $50
- Isabel Gonzales 🇵🇭 · $10
- Yulia Kateryna Andreev 🇺🇦 · $15
“Keep your head up - Kyiv”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $50
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Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Kisumu!
Thank you. If you're in Kisumu I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great.
Hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. Blessings.
Best of luck. This could happen to any of us. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of Kisumu.
Thinking of you, Salim. Hope you get there.
Praying for you, Salim. Hope you get there
sending strength. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Kharkiv.
Good luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Blessings.
Wishing you peace. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
Thinking of you, Salim. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up
Hope this works out for you. We're a small family in Los Angeles but we're thinking of you.
Wishing you peace. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected!
Stay strong, Salim. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Flint.