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Back to business - Brenda's comeback in Sydney

Brenda has run a street-food cart for nine years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $1,950 will put it back on its feet.

🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1,934 views
Brenda K. Contreras
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Sydney
For nine years I have run a street-food cart in Sydney. In June, floodwater took a gas stove and two refrigerators. 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 5 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 $1,950 goes: • Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $1,100 • Initial stock: ingredients: $350 • Shop repairs and licensing: $500 I hope life is good to you. - Brenda
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Brenda

  1. Update from Sydney: the plan for initial stock: ingredients is now scheduled. We're at 22% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Brenda

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 15% funded and the plan for shop repairs and licensing is now scheduled.

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  • Rotimi Isaac Danjuma 🇳🇬 · $38.50

    “Good luck. Thought of Brenda all day after reading this. - Ikeja”

  • Liên Tâm Phung 🇻🇳 · $25
  • Arturo H. Domínguez 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Yulia Anastasia Egorov 🇷🇺 · $67.50

    “You got this. My sister told me about this one. - Saint Petersburg”

  • Leul Robel Teshome 🇪🇹 · $25
  • Feyza Polat 🇹🇷 · $10
  • Elena Yolanda Cruz 🇦🇷 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $75

    “Hope it all works out. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Mandurah”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $30

    “Thought of Brenda all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”

  • Wayne F. Vargas 🇬🇧 · $15
  • Kagiso A. Pretorius 🇿🇦 · $25
  • Emilia Glover 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Amanda Priscila Fernandes 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Candra Dimas Handoko 🇮🇩 · $30

    “Happy to help. Thought of Brenda all day after reading this. - Jakarta Selatan”

  • Josefa T. Gutiérrez 🇪🇸 · $25

    “Hope things get better. Been where you are, it gets better. - Seville”

  • Anthony F. Bradley 🇬🇧 · $15
  • Hannah C. Powers 🇳🇿 · $12
  • Akash Negi 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Ariana E. Wang 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $25

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  • Piper W. Patel

    Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Varanasi but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Sydney.

    • Ezra G. Aguilar

      You're not alone. Shared this with my family. Sent it to 15 people at work. Thinking of Sydney

      • Waleed Radwan

        hope things get better soon, Brenda. Hope the shop reopens soon

        • María M. Muñoz

          Thanks for sharing this. This could happen to any of us. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from San Diego.

          • Sawsan Sawsan Hegazy

            Hope things get better soon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. After 25 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

            $820 raised of $1,950

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