“…One of which is the emergence of community pantries in Asia – started in the Philippines and adopted first by East Timor ( Abad, 2021 ). The nature of the response embodies the spirit of ‘bayanihan’ ( Salvador et al, 1997 ) or ‘pintakasi’ ( Bautista et al, 2017 ), which roughly means solidarity and community action respectively. In a community pantry, rich and poor alike can give and receive food under the sign: ‘give what you can; take what you need.’ The emergence of this response at the grassroots level carries the reactive intention of providing what is lacking in the government’s assistance ( Cabato, 2021 ), and by extension, to the bankruptcy of international organizations to systematically manage global support across nations.…”