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Weekly meals for elderly neighbors in Nagoya

Yuna runs a volunteer pantry feeding 194 families; this fund restocks shelves for the rainy season.

🇯🇵 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan2,203 views
Yuna Asuka Nakano
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Nagoya
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Monday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 22 families, and now we feed 194 each week. Donations have dropped by about 54% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Nagoya market and keep every receipt. Each $25 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 $2,150 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $750 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $750 • Baby formula and diapers: $420 • Refrigeration and electricity: $230 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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    The support I received was beyond what I expected. Not only did they help with the immediate need, but they also provided guidance for long-term solutions. I'm forever grateful.

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  • Alexandra M. Zimmerman

    Keep going, Yuna. Great idea, hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

    • Ebuka Yinka OladipoID verifiedPhoto verified

      Stay strong. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Bandung

      • Rafael Sebastião Soares

        hope it all works out. I hope things turn around soon. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings.

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