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Weekly meals for families facing hunger in Gangnam
The Open Hands Pantry pantry in Gangnam is running low just as demand rises; $2,450 will stock it for 8 weeks.
🇰🇷 Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea883 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Wednesday from the back of a community center. We started with 23 families, and now we feed 127 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 44% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 11 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Gangnam market and keep every receipt.
Each $20 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $2,450 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,550
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $750
• Baby formula and diapers: $150
With deep gratitude,
Soo-jin
Updates from Soo-jin
Small update. $514 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.
- Ezekiel K. Thomas 🇦🇺 · $5
“Hope the February deadline works out. - Gold Coast”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
- Caoimhe McCarthy 🇮🇪 · $30
- Adriana F. Fuentes 🇦🇷 · $4
- Gilbert S. Cruz 🇵🇭 · $500
- Theresa Mabel Mahama 🇬🇭 · $10
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your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 22 people at work. Blessings
how is Soo-jin doing now?
Sending good thoughts, Soo-jin. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Please keep us posted. Take care
Thinking of you and your family, Soo-jin. Looking forward to the next update. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours
Thinking of you, Soo-jin. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Nashik.