Yes, this resonates. I am living in Brazil, but have fewer direct relatives because I am not brazilian, and my wife is. We buy a couple of dozen cestas básicas

Yes, this resonates. I am living in Brazil, but have fewer direct relatives because I am not brazilian, and my wife is. We buy a couple of dozen cestas básicas and give them away to a friend to feed families in a neighborhood nearby. We are paying for college and school for a handful of friends (father won't buy food for his kids but will drop off food for the dog in his new Jeep) and family - so many people are constantly hustling and churning through jobs. At the current exchange rate with our apartment and school, this help costs less than my rent in nyc did, and it's ridiculous how little help there is here from institutions in the midst of a pandemic.