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Back to business - Ali's comeback in Marseille
Ali lost a cutting table and overlocker to floodwater and needs $2,050 to reopen a sewing studio and support the family.
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For fifteen years I have run a sewing studio in Marseille. In June, floodwater took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 7 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 $2,050 goes:
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $1,350
• Initial stock: fabric: $320
• Shop repairs and licensing: $180
• Working capital for the first month: $200
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Ali
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Thanks for sharing this, Ali. Shared this with my family.
Thinking of you, Ali. Small businesses are the heart of Marseille. Hope you're open again soon. Greetings from Paarl
Thanks for sharing this, Ali. Your post was clear and honest. God bless.
Thinking of you and your family. Small businesses are the heart of Marseille. Hope you're open again soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Marseille.