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Weekly meals for students and shift workers in Chennai
Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Chennai.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Saturday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 18 families, and now we feed 225 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 56% this winter, 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 Chennai 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 $700 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $360
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $200
• Baby formula and diapers: $80
• Refrigeration and electricity: $60
Thank you so much.
- Kunal
Updates from Kunal
Quick update: $120 raised so far (17%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Namukasa Muthoni Barasa 🇰🇪 · $42
- Niklas Simon Hofmann 🇩🇪 · $20
- Mukasa Kimani Mwangi 🇰🇪 · $10
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $42
“Hope this helps. Thought of Kunal all day after reading this. - Kisumu”
- Zhi Cheng Dong 🇦🇺 · $49
- Ryota Mori 🇯🇵 · $5
- Riku Sota Saito 🇯🇵 · $10
“Blessings. Thought of Kunal all day after reading this.”
- Rudi Arief Mahendra 🇮🇩 · $5
- Isabela Ingrid Soares 🇧🇷 · $100
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You're not alone, Kunal. Great idea, hope you get there. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Chennai.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Chennai.
good luck. More neighborhoods should do this. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care.
More neighborhoods should do this. My neighbor in Dar es Salaam donated after I showed her your page
Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Chennai.