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    The document discusses the community pantry project in the Philippines where people set up food pantries to help those in need. It began with a woman setting up a bamboo cart with free food. This inspired others to set up similar pantries in various parts of the country. While many see it as a good deed, some criticize it as a show of wealth. However, most who organize the pantries are middle-class and raise funds through donations. The pantries help address hunger, but their longevity depends on resources and commitment. Some have partnered with local farmers for supplies. Overall the document expresses support for community pantries as a way to help address hunger.

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    The document discusses the community pantry project in the Philippines where people set up food pantries to help those in need. It began with a woman setting up a bamboo cart with free food. This inspired others to set up similar pantries in various parts of the country. While many see it as a good deed, some criticize it as a show of wealth. However, most who organize the pantries are middle-class and raise funds through donations. The pantries help address hunger, but their longevity depends on resources and commitment. Some have partnered with local farmers for supplies. Overall the document expresses support for community pantries as a way to help address hunger.

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    COMMUNITY PANTRY; A GOOD THING TO BE APPRECIATED

    Community pantry is a project that was made for the sake of those who are in need, it all started
    with a lady who set up a bamboo cart in Maginhawa, Quezon City where individuals could get food and
    different fundamentals free of charge, or give food items that their families could share to other people.
    At first look, we could say that doing a community pantry is indeed a good and humane action that can be
    made by any one of us but for the eyes of those who do not appreciate this, they might see this as just a
    way of how rich people let their community know how rich they are and that they are capable of helping
    other people too.

    From that point forward, a few other community pantries inspired by Ana Patricia Non have
    grown at traffic intersections and on sidewalks in different parts of Quezon City, Manila, Laguna,
    Batangas, and Rizal Province. People took the courage to help one another, despite a shortage of stocks in
    their own homes; they were willing to give and take for the sake of helping one another.

    Close to tables that hold little repacked packs of rice, vegetables, canned products, new eggs, and
    fixings hang cardboard signs, generally hand-lettered, that bears the Tagalog interpretation of "From each
    according to his ability; to each according to his needs" and this basic tribute: "Inspired by the
    Maginhawa Community Pantry. The pantry caught the attention of some citizens and from that moment
    on, it is easier to gather products and funds which is to be given to the ones who need them.

    Despite all these positive things regarding the community pantries, there are some negative things
    that laid beyond this matter, some people interpret this as just propaganda of showcasing wealth, in other
    words, they think that the rich people are just being too proud of what they could do for the community
    when the fact is most of the people who initiated community pantry in their area are not wealthy but also
    lives with a middle-class social status, they tend to do this by raising funds in different ways which is
    such a heroic deed to be considered. This downside of the story where people think negatively regarding
    good deeds reflects the reality where no matter what you do, and regardless of your intentions; people
    will always have something to say to you; they are always willing to judge and make it an issue that you
    were not doing it right. Some will blame the community pantry's coordinators and contributors for
    goodness flagging. Furthermore, it would not be amazing at all if somebody somehow happened to
    attempt to red-tag the members.

    For a few of us, hunger is a trial of self-discipline, a state we briefly suffer in light of the fact that
    we notice some type of irregular fasting. For other people, it is a genuine and day-by-day danger. Due to
    this matter, it is important for us to know that we could do something for our fellow citizens who need our
    help and that we could start the change that we are longing to have and experience. Poverty is one of the
    biggest social issues here in our nation, considering that we could lessen the hunger of some people
    around us will surely be of great help for the whole society.

    The said projects do not guarantee concrete longevity, how long each one continues to work will
    rely upon the resourcefulness, wellbeing, and responsibility of every family, individual, or casual
    association behind it. A portion of the evidently better-coordinated ones in Metro Manila has discovered
    partners in nearby ranchers, who sell or give their produce. One gathering seems to offer free HIV
    screening, notwithstanding the free food supplies. More innovative arrangements will undoubtedly turn
    up in the near future which is brighter if doing good deeds will be consistent.

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