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Weekly meals for families facing hunger in Epe
Help keep a free food pantry open for families facing hunger in Epe.
🇳🇬 Epe, Lagos, Nigeria632 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Wednesday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 29 families, and now we feed 230 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 42% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 6 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Epe market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 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 $500 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $220
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $155
• Baby formula and diapers: $80
• Refrigeration and electricity: $45
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
Updates from Omolara
Update from Epe: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 88% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Koji Akira Matsuda 🇯🇵 · $11.50
- Viola Teresa Rossi 🇮🇹 · $25
- Dennis N. Griffin 🇦🇺 · $25
- Imran Adnan Mirza 🇵🇰 · $5
- Liliana H. Valdez 🇦🇷 · $19.50
“Hope things get better. - La Plata”
- Salim Hadi Cherif 🇪🇬 · $25
- Farah Laiba Butt 🇵🇰 · $25
- Cora E. Thornton 🇬🇧 · $25
- Harsha Lahiru Mendis 🇱🇰 · $25
- Pavel Hasan Siddique 🇮🇳 · $50
- Kristine P. Ramirez 🇵🇭 · $31
“Praying for you. Only $31 but hope it helps.”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $55.50
“Hope things get better - Guarulhos”
- Yaowalak Prasertsak 🇹🇭 · $100
“Wishing you the best. Thought of Omolara all day after reading this.”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $225
- Mohit B. Singh 🇮🇳 · $41.50
- Willow B. Merritt 🇬🇧 · $20
“Thought of Omolara all day after reading this. - Liverpool”
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Is there anything that isn't money that would help Omolara?
Thank you. If you're in Epe I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Happy to explain more.
thinking of you, Omolara. I hope things turn around soon
Praying for you, Omolara. Great idea, hope you get there.
Sending strength, Omolara. I hope things turn around soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Epe.
Shared it with a few friends. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too!
Hope it all works out. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Gazipur