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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 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...
Community pantries in the Philippines are food banks established by Filipinos during the country's COVID-19 community quarantine. [1]
Moved by the Filipino value of malasakit (concern for others), a Filipino entrepreneur started the first community pantry in the Philippines during the pandemic. Located on Maginhawa (Convenient) Street in Quezon City, the service provided free food to locals suffering from food insecurity.
Apr 17, 2021 · Dubbed the Maginhawa Community Pantry, its purpose is to build a community that will give and take by their own volition, without the intervention of third parties.
May 6, 2021 · From just one community pantry in Metro Manila, by the end of April there were 358 community pantries scattered across the Philippines. Such initiatives are essentially a stopgap measure to help more people survive the socio-economic crisis plaguing the country.
Aug 3, 2021 · Community pantry organizers are faced with ‘red-tagging’, insinuating that the movement was associated with the CPP-NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army). There have been reports of harassment, slander, surveillance, and profiling by police forces.
Apr 19, 2021 · The ripple effect of community pantries. In just a week, the community pantry concept has made a huge impact, addressing in their own little way the gaps in aid the government has yet to...
Aug 24, 2021 · How to adopt. The program guidelines say that a community pantry requires funding from P2,000 to P20,000 depending on the size and families they provide for. A community stall also...
Apr 23, 2021 · A group of Muslim doctors in the Mindanao region has opened halal community pantries for the poor in Zamboanga province. One such centre has been started in Dili, the capital of Timor-Lest, or East Timor. The motto of community pantries is: “Share what you can, take what you need.”
