Why it matters more
A kitchen can buy at harvest, or it can buy in the hungry season.
Grain in our districts costs roughly 19% less right after harvest than it does four months later. A school that knows what's coming every month buys in bulk at the bottom of the price curve and stores it. A school that doesn't buys weekly at whatever the market is doing.
That's the whole argument. It isn't that monthly donors are more generous. It's that predictable money literally buys more maize.
It also means a cook can be hired on a real contract instead of week to week, which matters to her.
Over a year
What each monthly amount adds up to
| Monthly | In a year | Meals | Which is |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $120 | 480 | Two children fed every school day, all year |
| $25 | $300 | 1,200 | Six children fed for a full school year |
| $50 | $600 | 2,400 | Twelve children fed for a full school year |
| $100 | $1,200 | 4,800 | Twenty-five children fed for a full year |
At 25¢ food cost and a 190-day school year.
Common questions
Before you set one up
Can I stop it?
Yes, from a link in every email we send, or by replying to one. It stops immediately and nobody calls you about it.
Can I change the amount?
Yes, up or down, from the same link. Plenty of people move theirs around and that's completely fine.
What date am I charged?
The same date each month as your first gift. If that date doesn't exist in a given month, we take it on the last day instead.
Do I get a record of everything I gave?
You get a receipt for every charge, plus a single summary each January listing every gift from the year before, in one place.
Will I be asked to give more?
Once a year, in the annual report email, and that's the extent of it. No phone fundraising and no upgrade calls.
Set it and forget it.
Ten dollars a month feeds two kids every school day, indefinitely.