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Weekly meals for students and shift workers in Barranquilla
Andrés runs a volunteer pantry feeding 220 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
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Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Monday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 26 families, and now we feed 220 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 56% this school holidays, 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 Barranquilla 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 $300 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $175
• Baby formula and diapers: $65
• Refrigeration and electricity: $60
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Updates from Andrés
Thank you all. We're at 20% now ($60). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts.
Update from Barranquilla: the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. We're at 20% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 12% funded and I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. - Andrés
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- Waweru Kevin Mushi 🇰🇪 · $29
- Carla Barone 🇮🇹 · $25
- Vaishali L. Sathe 🇮🇳 · $10
- Grace G. Patel 🇬🇧 · $25
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This could happen to any of us. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Barranquilla.
Keep going, Andrés. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Karachi.
Praying for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Envigado.
best of luck, Andrés. Looking forward to the next update. God bless.
Wishing you the best, Andrés. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Seoul.