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Weekly meals for families and seniors in Kozhikode
Rohit runs a volunteer pantry feeding 185 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
🇮🇳 Kozhikode, Kerala, India745 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Wednesday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 18 families, and now we feed 185 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 43% this school holidays, 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 Kozhikode market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $400 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $165
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $130
• Baby formula and diapers: $60
• Refrigeration and electricity: $45
With deep gratitude,
Rohit
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great idea, hope you get there. Love from Łódź.
wishing you peace, Rohit. Hope you get there!
any update on how things are going in Kozhikode?
Thinking of you, Rohit. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update
Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Hamilton so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Petrópolis!
sending good thoughts. Shared it with a few friends. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Kozhikode.