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Back to business - Benjamin's comeback in Manchester
A small grocery stall in Manchester needs help replacing a cold-storage unit after floodwater.
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For fifteen years I have run a small grocery stall in Manchester. In July, floodwater took a cold-storage unit. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $3,100 goes:
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $2,000
• Shop repairs and licensing: $490
• Initial stock: fresh produce: $610
Glad we found this place.
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So sorry you're going through this. Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 3 people at work. Greetings from San Jose
Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Anaheim but we're thinking of you
Keep going, Benjamin. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Manchester.
keep going. Shared it with a few friends. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
Looking forward to the next update. My neighbor in Sylhet donated after I showed her your page
So sorry you're going through this, Benjamin. Hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Bogra.