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May 5, 2021 · More popularly known locally as “community pantries”, these food banks are spaces on the sidewalks or in plazas where people contribute food and other necessities to be taken by anyone who needs them.
Apr 21, 2021 · It basically stems from the bayanihan spirit: An aspect of Filipino culture wherein members of a community unite to help one another, without expecting anything in return. In the ‘original’ community pantry on Maginhawa Street, you’ll find various dietary necessities such as rice, vegetables, milk, coffee, canned goods, soup, and even ingredients.
Community pantries in the Philippines are food banks established by Filipinos during the country's COVID-19 community quarantine. [1]
Apr 18, 2021 · “Community pantries can be seen as acts of resistance against three things: first, against a government that fails to adequately address citizens’ needs; second, against a biased and discriminatory view of the poor as selfish and greedy; and third, against aid initiatives from institutions that are difficult to trust,” said Presto, who teaches a...
Apr 17, 2021 · Do you want to start a community pantry in your barangay? What started out as a lone initiative in Maginhawa created ripples across the country as several barangays put up their own community...
Oct 25, 2021 · This research is a critical approach to the emergence of community pantries during the COVID-19 pandemic as at-once contestatory and transformative narratives, foregrounding the Filipino poor’s...
May 24, 2021 · Filled with canned goods, fresh vegetables, vitamins, and other pandemic needs, the “Maginhawa Community Pantry” soon took social media by storm. This pantry, created by Ana Patricia Non, serves approximately 2,000 families a day.
Apr 19, 2021 · Inspired by the Maginhawa Street, Quezon City community food drive, community pantries have sprouted in Metro Manila and in the provinces with the aim of giving food and supplies to everyone in need.
May 28, 2021 · More than just a repository of edible goods, the community pantry has become a social phenomenon—a force for good where ordinary people give and donate food to those who are hungry and hardest hit by the lockdowns and layoffs due to the pandemic.
May 4, 2021 · The concept used for the community pantries, popularized by the pioneering Maginhawa pantry – “Give what you can, take what you need” – is in fact Marxist.
