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Help Sebastião keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in São Paulo.

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Sebastião Luís Moreira
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São Paulo
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Tuesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 17 families, and now we feed 95 each week. Donations have dropped by about 31% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 14 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the São Paulo market and keep every receipt. Each $15 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 $400 goes: • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $175 • Refrigeration and electricity: $120 • Baby formula and diapers: $105 Thank you for reading my story.

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  • Thanks for sharing this, Sebastião. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Pretoria.

    • Thinking of you and your family. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of São Paulo.

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