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Help Sheila keep the Open Hands Pantry pantry stocked
The Open Hands Pantry pantry in Taguig is running low just as demand rises; $450 will stock it for 11 weeks.
🇵🇭 1632, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines1,214 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Wednesday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 16 families, and now we feed 152 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 56% this rainy season, 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 Taguig 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 $450 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $170
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $195
• Baby formula and diapers: $65
• Refrigeration and electricity: $20
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56% there. I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.
- Victoria L. Santos 🇺🇸 · $100
- Galina Maria Alexeev 🇺🇦 · $100
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
“Been where you are, it gets better. - Arlington”
- Dua Mahnoor Qazi 🇵🇰 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Vitaly Evgeny Sokolov 🇷🇺 · $25
- Nusrat Parvin Talukder 🇧🇩 · $25
- Nilesh W. Kulkarni 🇮🇳 · $25
“Every little bit - Durgapur”
- Mim Ruma Sheikh 🇧🇩 · $24
“Hope things get better. Only $24 but hope it helps. - Gazipur”
- Zara Bisma Kakar 🇵🇰 · $23.50
- Carlo T. Salvador 🇵🇭 · $20
“Stay strong. I'm in Iloilo City, thinking of you.”
- Mercy Joyce Ochieng 🇹🇿 · $20
- Sharmila Shirin Akter 🇮🇳 · $20
“Keep your head up. Hope the June deadline works out. - Salem”
- Mina Kabita Pandey 🇳🇵 · $15
“Hope this helps. I'm in Pokhara, thinking of you.”
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $10
- Meena H. Chaudhary 🇦🇺 · $10
- Mukasa Wekesa Mutua 🇹🇿 · $10
“God bless. Small amount but sent with love. - Dar es Salaam”
- Pankaj T. Gill 🇮🇳 · $10
“Thought of Sheila all day after reading this. - Nagpur”
- Satria Naufal Sitompul 🇮🇩 · $10
- Ngozi Lola Kalu 🇳🇬 · $10
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Stay strong. Hope you get there. All the best
Thanks for sharing this, Sheila. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Glasgow.
take care, Sheila. Hope you get there.
praying for you, Sheila. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Ottawa.