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Weekly meals for families and seniors in Ciudad de México
The Open Hands Pantry pantry in Ciudad de México is running low just as demand rises; $950 will stock it for 8 weeks.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Wednesday from the back of a community center. We started with 20 families, and now we feed 349 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 57% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 13 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Ciudad de México market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 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 $950 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $320
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $350
• Baby formula and diapers: $165
• Refrigeration and electricity: $115
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Cristian
Quick update: $454 raised so far (48%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Kiara A. Malhotra 🇦🇺 · $200
- Ishita M. Soni 🇺🇸 · $100
- Katherine A. Hayes 🇺🇸 · $100
- Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $100
“Only $100 but hope it helps. - Toulon”
- Hira Nimra Bhatti 🇵🇰 · $50
- Charlotte L. Guerrero 🇺🇸 · $50
“Thought of Cristian all day after reading this. - Arlington”
- Jemima Naana Wiredu 🇬🇭 · $50
“Thought of Cristian all day after reading this. - Accra”
- Jericho P. Andrada 🇵🇭 · $50
- Abdul Milon Sheikh 🇧🇩 · $50
“Be well. My colleague told me about this one. - Comilla”
- Rubén T. Guzmán 🇪🇸 · $50
“Every little bit. I'm in A Coruña, thinking of you.”
- Radha A. Chauhan 🇮🇳 · $32.50
- Rhea G. Mabini 🇵🇭 · $30
- Komal K. Kushwaha 🇦🇺 · $25
- Kelly Rezende 🇧🇷 · $25
- Lena Lisa Schmitz 🇩🇪 · $25
- Sandeep P. Saxena 🇮🇳 · $25
“Wishing you the best. My neighbor told me about this one. - Hyderabad”
- Nipa Parvin Zaman 🇮🇳 · $20
- Nhung Phương Lieu 🇺🇸 · $20
- Vinh Tuấn Cao 🇻🇳 · $20
- Tracey L. Venter 🇿🇦 · $20
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Thinking of you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings
Sending strength. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Ciudad de México
So sorry you're going through this, Cristian. I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Jakarta Selatan.
Thinking of you and your family, Cristian. Hope you get there. Blessings
Sending good thoughts, Cristian. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day