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Weekly meals for families and seniors in Hồ Chí Minh City
Hà runs a volunteer pantry feeding 69 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Saturday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 15 families, and now we feed 69 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 58% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 12 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Hồ Chí Minh City 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 $550 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $250
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $190
• Baby formula and diapers: $70
• Refrigeration and electricity: $40
Glad we found this place.
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- Kanokwan Chalida Eiamsa-ard 🇹🇭 · $25
“Happy to help. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Chiang Mai”
- Jennifer G. Arnold 🇨🇦 · $20
“Thought of Hà all day after reading this. - London”
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $69.50
- John Paul W. Gonzales 🇵🇭 · $5
“Wish I could do more. Only $5 but hope it helps. - Bacolod”
- Cristiane Kelly Dias 🇧🇷 · $10
- Elena L. Estrada 🇲🇽 · $37
“Wish I could do more. Only $37 but hope it helps. - Zapopan”
- Sumbal Anum Hussain 🇵🇰 · $10
- Lovely W. Reyes 🇵🇭 · $42
“Thinking of you. Been where you are, it gets better. - Cebu City”
- Kavita T. Tiwari 🇮🇳 · $30
“Happy to help. Please keep us posted. - Kozhikode”
- Victor N. Domingo 🇵🇭 · $50
- Esperanza Cruz 🇪🇸 · $25
- Florian Jean Gonzalez 🇫🇷 · $25
“Hope it all works out. My father told me about this one. - Toulon”
- Rashid Khan 🇵🇰 · $5
- Amaka Titilayo Jimoh 🇳🇬 · $8
- Bappy Shafiq Biswas 🇮🇳 · $50
- Kazimierz Artur Olszewski 🇵🇱 · $15
- Alexandra R. Franklin 🇳🇿 · $20
- Zawadi Faith Odhiambo 🇹🇿 · $25
- Chloe N. Kirby 🇬🇧 · $5
“Thinking of you. Hope the July deadline works out. - Edinburgh”
- Emma Carla Sala 🇮🇹 · $100
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You're not alone, Hà. Hope you get there. Blessings
Hope this works out for you. I hope July is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Hồ Chí Minh City
Hope things get better soon, Hà. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
you're not alone, Hà. Shared it with a few friends. God bless.
Hope it all works out, Hà. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Hồ Chí Minh City