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Back to business - Babatunde's comeback in Ibadan
Babatunde lost a full set of tools to a fire in the building and needs $450 to reopen a bicycle repair shop and support the family.
🇳🇬 Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria829 views
For twelve years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Ibadan. In September, a fire in the building took a full set of tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Thursday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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 $450 goes:
• Replacing a full set of tools: $260
• Initial stock: spare parts: $120
• Working capital for the first month: $70
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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“Stay strong. Hope the December deadline works out. - Mangaluru”
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“Hang in there. Saw your post and had to give. - Louisville”
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- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $15
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- Ebru Özdemir 🇹🇷 · $20
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $25
- Paloma J. Gómez 🇪🇸 · $10
“Happy to help. Been where you're, it gets better. - Málaga”
- William L. Adams 🇬🇧 · $25
- Marcos Rodrigues 🇧🇷 · $13
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $5
“Be well. Hope the December deadline works out. - Rawalpindi”
- Dipa Sushila Thapa 🇳🇵 · $100
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Thinking of you, Babatunde. This could happen to any of us. It's not much but it's yours. God bless
Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Ibadan.
Wishing you the best, Babatunde. Small businesses are the heart of Ibadan. Hope you're open again soon.
Hope the shop reopens soon. Love from Corpus Christi.
so sorry you're going through this, Babatunde. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Ibadan.