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Weekly meals for neighbors in need in Guadalajara
The Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry in Guadalajara is running low just as demand rises; $600 will stock it for 10 weeks.
🇲🇽 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1,694 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Friday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 16 families, and now we feed 135 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 57% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 14 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Guadalajara 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 $600 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $220
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $175
• Baby formula and diapers: $110
• Refrigeration and electricity: $95
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Patricia
Good news. Because of your gifts ($107 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Maria Maja Urbański 🇬🇧 · $10
- Amna Hira Aslam 🇵🇰 · $15
- Asher L. Hoffman 🇺🇸 · $42.50
- Elijah Snyder 🇬🇧 · $39
- Yue Zhong 🇺🇸 · $73.50
“Thought of Patricia all day after reading this. - Sacramento”
- Khalid Ahmed Nassar 🇪🇬 · $100
- Amparo R. Vásquez 🇲🇽 · $25
“Happy to help. Thought of Patricia all day after reading this. - Ciudad de México”
- Ioana Georgiana Toma 🇷🇴 · $26
- Roman Vasiliev 🇷🇺 · $50
- Kshitija J. Vora 🇮🇳 · $50
“From my family to yours. Hope the December deadline works out. - Coimbatore”
- Patrick A. Richards 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anaïs Marie 🇫🇷 · $215
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everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 9 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Praying for you, Patricia. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.
Thanks for sharing this. This could happen to any of us. Love from Savar.
Stay strong, Patricia. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My neighbor in Sukkur donated after I showed her your page.
Take care. More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from Rohini.
So sorry you're going through this, Patricia. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double
hope things get better soon. Looking forward to the next update. Love from Haarlem.
Hope things get better soon, Patricia. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Jakarta Selatan.