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Help Zakaria keep the Open Hands Pantry pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Mandurah.

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Zakaria Hadi Ismail
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Mandurah
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Sunday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 21 families, and now we feed 307 each week. Donations have dropped by about 58% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 16 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Mandurah market and keep every receipt. Each $35 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 $2,350 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $780 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,150 • Baby formula and diapers: $200 • Refrigeration and electricity: $220 If you're reading this, thank you. - Zakaria
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Updates from Zakaria

  1. Small update. $1,498 so far, we've started the first stage.

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  • Meenakshi S. Natarajan

    hope things get better soon. More neighborhoods should do this. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

    • Enrique C. SantosPhoto verified

      Hope things get better soon. Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Columbus donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Columbus

      • Amira Wafa Belkacem

        Keep going. Shared this with my family. I'll check back for the next update. God bless

        • Pavithra R. Nambiar

          Best of luck. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Newcastle.

          • Jonathan Gonzalez

            Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Dundee.

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