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Help Zoya keep the the Second Helping pantry stocked
Zoya runs a volunteer pantry feeding 385 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
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Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Wednesday from the back of a community center. We started with 25 families, and now we feed 385 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 46% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 15 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Rawalpindi 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): $280
• Baby formula and diapers: $60
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $110
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from Zoya
98% there. I made the first payment toward rice, beans, flour and oil. Thank you.
Small update. $438 so far, I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts.
Quick update: $208 raised so far (46%). I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Kalyani Narayanan 🇮🇳 · $40
- Fabian Weiß 🇩🇪 · $25
“Hang in there. Gave what I could this week. - Dresden”
- Nakato Amani Mwakyusa 🇰🇪 · $5
- Vincenzo Milani 🇮🇹 · $5
“Sending love! - Parma”
- Nnamdi Okechukwu Salami 🇳🇬 · $10
“Hope things get better. I'm in Zaria, thinking of you.”
- Elise Romane Remy 🇫🇷 · $20
“Thought of Zoya all day after reading this. - Paris”
- Akari Reiko Abe 🇯🇵 · $200
- Mia G. Lynch 🇦🇺 · $200
“Sending love. I'm in Sydney, thinking of you.”
- Juliana Cristiane Oliveira 🇧🇷 · $8
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praying for you. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless.
You're not alone, Zoya. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Rawalpindi.
take care, Zoya. Hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update.
Great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from Biratnagar.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Zoya
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is the biggest at $280. Let me know if you want more detail.
Best of luck. Shared this with my family. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Thinking of you and your family, Zoya. Your post was clear and honest. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Sending good thoughts, Zoya. Looking forward to the next update. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
sending good thoughts, Zoya. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out
sending strength, Zoya. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out.