<div>This is the third annual fundraiser for <a href="https://www.resiliencefundoftexas.org/venezuelarefugeeshunger" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a community-run kitchen</a> serving needy and displaced families along the Venezuelan border in Colombia. See our previous campaigns from <a href="https://gofund.me/b6b16208" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a> and <a href="https://gofund.me/e4a45983" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2022</a>.
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<div>Your donations are received by a registered US nonprofit, the <a href="https://www.resiliencefundoftexas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Resilience Fund of Texas</a> and 100% are transferred to our partner organization, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AsoDEREDEZ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Asociación Deredez</a>, a registered nonprofit outside Cúcuta, Colombia, run by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044254170250" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ana Teresa Castillo</a>, a <a href="https://pactcolombia.org/ocho-lideres-e-iniciativas-fueron-galardonadas-en-los-premios-caminando-hacia-la-justicia/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">recognized social leader</a> and survivor of multiple forced displacements.
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<div>Since 2021 this project has distributed more than 100,000 of servings of nutritious, delicious <em>Sopa Con Amor </em>(see photos below), all thanks to donor contributions.
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<div>This small help goes a long way for families who struggle every day. It was enough for Colombian TV news to shoot this feature on our project:
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<div>Last cycle we raised $11,825. You can find a full record of transfers to Deredez in Colombia <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ghzUhTIe8j2KINRTXn7vsvxFACxQVJpWgIKD4z664YM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. (<em>Special thanks to 2022 top donors: Debrah and Dinesh D’Souza, South Main Baptist Church of Houston, Henry Black, Enedelia Obregon, Hector de Leon, Jon Janetsky, John Otis and the Baddour family -- other top donors choose to remain anonymous.)</em>
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<div><strong>Please help us continue our work!</strong>
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<div>This is a low-budget, high-impact project with multiple layers of benefit: it feeds hungry families; employs a small staff at a community-led organization, and it moves cash to the pockets of small and struggling local farmers who supply the produce for our soup.
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<div>Listen to testimony from some of the people we serve:
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<div>For two years now we've fed underserved communities thanks to your support. We don't plan to let it end here, despite the challenges we face. Things in my life have changed. I no longer have time to regularly solicit small donations from generous individuals. That's why I'm not asking you to give from your own pocket again. I'm asking for more: <strong>please help me to find institutional supporters</strong>. If your school, church, foundation, student group or community organization hopes to spend a philanthropic budget in the year ahead, please suggest this project as an option.
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<div><em>Photo: Serving soup July 9, 2023, at Mercedes Abrego Park in Cúcuta; 3,000 servings distributed</em>
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<div><em>Photo: Serving soup on August 13, 2023, in the Navarro Wolf settlement, more than 3,00 servings distributed</em>
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<div><em>Photo: Serving soup on May 21, 2023 in Los Ositos settlement, more than 2,500 servings distributed</em>
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<div><em>Photo: Serving soup on February 16, 2023, in a settlement outside Cúcuta</em>
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<div>Photo: Serving soup on January 29, 2023
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Year 3: Community Kitchen on Venezuelan Border

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