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Alejandro needs a cold-storage unit to reopen a small grocery stall

A small grocery stall in Madrid needs help replacing a cold-storage unit after a storm that collapsed the roof.

🇪🇸 Madrid, Madrid, Spain2,423 views
Alejandro W. Escobar
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Madrid
For four years I have run a small grocery stall in Madrid. In August, a storm that collapsed the roof took a cold-storage unit. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Thursday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 weeks. This business pays my children's school fees and rent. I have already started working from home in small ways, but I can't meet orders without proper equipment. Every contribution brings me closer to reopening, and I promise to post photos as I buy each item. I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go. Where the $2,400 goes: • Replacing a cold-storage unit: $1,500 • Initial stock: fresh produce: $380 • Shop repairs and licensing: $185 • Working capital for the first month: $335 Glad we found this place.
#small-business#livelihood#restart

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  • Takeshi Yuma Hayashi 🇯🇵 · $200

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Alejandro all day after reading this. - Nagoya”

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    “Best of luck. Thought of Alejandro all day after reading this. - Gazipur”

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    “Good luck. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Radom”

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  • Grace Mary Mwesigwa 🇹🇿 · $75

    “Stay strong. Thought of Alejandro all day after reading this. - Kinondoni”

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    “Best of luck. My mother told me about this one. - Gliwice”

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    “Hope this helps. From Cox's Bazar with love. - Cox's Bazar”

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    “Hope this helps. Hope you get the rest soon. - Thiruvananthapuram”

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    “Best of luck. I'm in Laredo, thinking of you. - Laredo”

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    “Wish I could do more. Shared with friends too. - Kakamega”

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  • Leonardo F. Gregory

    Thinking of you and your family, Alejandro. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Madrid

    • Imad Mohammed Mostafa

      Sending strength, Alejandro. Shared this with my family. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Blessings

      • Gerardo F. Sánchez

        Good luck, Alejandro. Hope you get there. All the best.

        • Kurniawan Iwan Susanto

          thinking of you, Alejandro. Your post was clear and honest.

          • Megan Yates

            Stay strong, Alejandro. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Madrid.

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