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Weekly meals for families and seniors in Embakasi
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Embakasi.
🇰🇪 Embakasi, Nairobi, KenyaPosted Oct 1, 20261,430 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Monday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 15 families, and now we feed 193 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 53% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 17 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Embakasi 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 $650 goes:
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $170
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $330
• Baby formula and diapers: $150
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Rashidi
Small update. $60 so far, the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. - Rashidi
15% there. I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $10 · 3h ago
- Teresa F. Montgomery 🇺🇸 · $50 · 3h ago
- Sofia Noemi Testa 🇮🇹 · $10 · 3h ago
“Keep your head up. Thought of Rashidi all day after reading this. - Rome”
- Anonymous 🇹🇭 · $25 · 3h ago
“Thought of Rashidi all day after reading this. - Bangkok”
- Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $15 · 3h ago
- Savannah G. Herrera 🇦🇺 · $38 · 3h ago
“Praying for you. Gave what I could this week. - Hobart”
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Hope it all works out, Rashidi. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Blessings
Sending good thoughts. Looking forward to the next update. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. God bless.
Wishing you the best. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Blessings.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Rashidi
It's all in the list in the story. fresh vegetables and fruit is the big one at $170, I'll post a receipt when it's paid.
Hang in there, Rashidi. Hope you get there. Please keep us posted.
wishing you peace, Rashidi. I hope things turn around soon. My husband and I read this together. Take care!
hope this works out for you. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.
hope it all works out, Rashidi. Shared it with a few friends. God bless
thinking of you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Embakasi.
hope you get there. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Ahmedabad so I could bring a meal.
Great idea, hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Thiruvananthapuram so I could bring a meal. Love from Joliet.
Sending love, Rashidi. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Cartagena but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Cartagena
You're not alone, Rashidi. Hope this works out for you. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Embakasi.
Sending love, Rashidi. Shared it with a few friends. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you
this could happen to any of us. After 25 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Gold Coast.
Your post was clear and honest. Wish I lived closer to Palmira so I could bring a meal
Take care, Rashidi. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted
Good luck. Shared it with a few friends. Put this on a community board in Gazipur this morning. Love from Gazipur.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Oakland.
Praying for you, Rashidi. I hope things turn around soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings
Keep going. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Tangier
You're not alone. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Embakasi!
Stay strong, Rashidi. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Keep going. Hope you get there. My neighbor in Hải Phòng donated after I showed her your page.
Good luck, Rashidi. Looking forward to the next update. Take care.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My neighbor in Dwarka donated after I showed her your page. All the best.