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Weekly meals for students and shift workers in Adama

Mekdes runs a volunteer pantry feeding 368 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.

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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Monday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 27 families, and now we feed 368 each week. Donations have dropped by about 32% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 13 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Adama market and keep every receipt. Each $5 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $450 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $200 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $160 • Baby formula and diapers: $35 • Refrigeration and electricity: $55 Every share and every dollar helps. - Mekdes

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Updates from Mekdes

Update from Adama: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 92% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
20% there. I made the first payment toward refrigeration and electricity. Thank you. - Mekdes
19% there. I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers. Thank you.

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