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Weekly meals for families and seniors in Medina

The Community Pantry pantry in Medina is running low just as demand rises; $2,250 will stock it for 9 weeks.

🇸🇦 Medina, Madinah, Saudi Arabia1,593 views
Anwar Hamza Mourad
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Medina
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Sunday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 18 families, and now we feed 323 each week. Donations have dropped by about 51% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 7 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Medina market and keep every receipt. Each $35 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $2,250 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,100 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $780 • Baby formula and diapers: $290 • Refrigeration and electricity: $80 With deep gratitude, Anwar
#food-pantry#hunger#volunteer-led#food

Updates from Anwar

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 47% funded and I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($130). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  3. Small update. $689 so far, we've started the first stage.

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  • Kevin Ssebuliba

    sending strength, Anwar. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Chandler.

    • Taghreed Rahma Trabelsi

      it takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Fez

      • Pradeep Viraj Samarasinghe

        Praying for you, Anwar. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care

        • Esther Favour AfolabiPhoto verified

          Hope things get better soon. Looking forward to the next update. Blessings!

          • Huda Malak Rahman

            Wishing you the best, Anwar. Shared this with my family.

            • Elena T. Dean

              hope it all works out, Anwar. Hope you get there.

              $1,340.50 raised of $2,250

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