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Weekly meals for students and shift workers in Arusha
Wanjiru runs a volunteer pantry feeding 344 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Monday from the back of a community center. We started with 20 families, and now we feed 344 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 42% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Arusha 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 $250 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $35
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $105
• Baby formula and diapers: $110
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Wanjiru
Updates from Wanjiru
42% there. the plan for refrigeration and electricity is now scheduled. Thank you.
- Ezekiel D. Larson 🇦🇺 · $30
- Paloma S. Rivera 🇪🇸 · $100
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $50
- Alina Anna Vinogradov 🇷🇺 · $54
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Wanjiru
Refrigeration and electricity is $35 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Thanks for looking so closely.
Good luck, Wanjiru. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in