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Weekly meals for elderly neighbors in Gqeberha
Rashid runs a volunteer pantry feeding 274 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.
🇿🇦 Eastern Cape, South Africa893 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Thursday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 274 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 48% this summer, 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 Gqeberha market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 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 $900 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $510
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $210
• Baby formula and diapers: $150
• Refrigeration and electricity: $30
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Rashid
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- Kalyani J. Naik 🇮🇳 · $38
- Cooper C. Price 🇺🇸 · $50
- Sophie B. Mendoza 🇬🇧 · $25
- Denise R. Willis 🇺🇸 · $10
- Ama Mavis Kyei 🇬🇭 · $20
- Irfan Adnan Aslam 🇵🇰 · $15
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Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Gqeberha
Thank you. If you're in Gqeberha I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Fair thing to want to know.
sending good thoughts. Shared it with a few friends. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double
any update on how things are going in Gqeberha?
Hang in there, Rashid. It takes guts to ask. Well done
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from San Francisco
Sending strength. Shared it with a few friends. Sent it to 13 people at work.
wishing you peace. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in construction myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Wishing you peace, Rashid. I hope things turn around soon. I hope December is when things finally get easier.
Thinking of you, Rashid. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Thinking of you and your family. I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless.
Praying for you, Rashid. Hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected
a colleague of mine might know someone for this in Eastern Cape. I'll ask around and let you know
Rooting for you, Rashid. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier
Rooting for you. More neighborhoods should do this. Thinking of Gqeberha
everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted. Love from London.
Wishing you peace, Rashid. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Coimbatore
good luck, Rashid. Hope you get there. My neighbor in Ikeja donated after I showed her your page.
Best of luck. Great idea, hope you get there. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care.
So sorry you're going through this. Shared it with a few friends. We're a small family in Oakland but we're thinking of you.
Hang in there. Hope you get there. We're a small family in San Antonio but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Gqeberha.
Keep going, Rashid. More neighborhoods should do this. Take care
You're not alone. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Gqeberha.
Thanks for sharing this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings
Wishing you the best, Rashid. I hope things turn around soon. God bless.