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Weekly meals for students and shift workers in Badagry
Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Badagry.
🇳🇬 Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria2,050 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Tuesday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 8 families, and now we feed 180 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 60% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 12 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Badagry 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): $230
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $110
• Baby formula and diapers: $80
• Refrigeration and electricity: $30
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
- Adaeze
Updates from Adaeze
We're at 21% thanks to 5 of you. the plan for rice, beans, flour and oil is now scheduled. More news soon. - Adaeze
- Leandro Leonardo Sampaio 🇧🇷 · $27.50
- Audrey E. Hamilton 🇬🇧 · $25
- Neema Zawadi Omondi 🇰🇪 · $8
- Divya W. Rawat 🇮🇳 · $200
- Julieta H. Sandoval 🇲🇽 · $100
- Luna N. Stevens 🇺🇸 · $100
“Every little bit. Thought of Adaeze all day after reading this.”
- Daniela Valentina Dragomir 🇷🇴 · $21
- Roberto Fernando Gomes 🇧🇷 · $25
“Hang in there. Been where you're, it gets better. - Duque de Caxias”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
- Fabio Gennaro Valentini 🇮🇹 · $30
“Keep your head up. Saw your post and had to give. - Padua”
- Anton Söderberg 🇸🇪 · $10
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best of luck, Adaeze. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My husband and I read this together. God bless.
Keep going, Adaeze. Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.