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Stories & Impact the record of what we did with what you gave.

We write after every outreach: what was delivered, what it cost, what we got wrong. No polished campaign copy, no stock photography. Full archive lives on our Medium.

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The morning the van left at 5am
KANO
December 2025

The morning the van left at 5am

A Kano loading run that turned into 600 boxes delivered before noon, and the three things that nearly went wrong.

Cooking for a street you don't know
LAGOS
December 2025

Cooking for a street you don't know

Notes from the community kitchen that feeds the Ikeja outreach every December — 40 pots, 11 hours.

What families actually ask for
FIELD NOTES
November 2025

What families actually ask for

Three years of listening changed what we put inside the box. Soap ranked higher than we expected.

Where ₦50 million went
TRANSPARENCY
March 2025

Where ₦50 million went

A line-by-line breakdown of aid delivered since 2020, and how we price a box at market rate.

Sorting day is the hardest day
VOLUNTEERS
October 2025

Sorting day is the hardest day

Why the clothing table is the most demanding shift in the calendar, and who keeps showing up for it.

Project 26, five years on
ORIGINS
December 2024

Project 26, five years on

The founder revisits the street where the first 120 meals were served, with the people who served them.