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Open Hands Pantry: keep the shelves full this rainy season
Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Badagry.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Sunday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 137 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 32% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 18 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Badagry 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): $190
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $160
• Baby formula and diapers: $80
• Refrigeration and electricity: $20
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Aisha
Quick update: $135 raised so far (30%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Small update. $105 so far, I made the first payment toward fresh vegetables and fruit.
9% there. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Thank you. - Aisha
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- Cesar S. Macaraeg 🇵🇭 · $50
“Wishing you the best. I'm in Manila, thinking of you. - Manila”
- Rafiq Kamrul Khan 🇮🇳 · $25
- Teresa Krystyna Konieczny 🇵🇱 · $5
- Anna K. Arnold 🇬🇧 · $25
- Naoki Suzuki 🇯🇵 · $28
“Best of luck - Tokyo”
- Adriana K. Ramos 🇲🇽 · $30
“God bless - Tehuacán”
- Ebo Joseph Armah 🇬🇭 · $5
- Payal T. Thakur 🇮🇳 · $10
- Riley N. Alvarez 🇦🇺 · $15.50
- Yash G. Deshpande 🇮🇳 · $16
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You're not alone. Hope this works out for you. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Ballarat.
Your post was clear and honest. After 26 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Munich.
Wishing you peace, Aisha. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Take care
Praying for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 24 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best.