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A fish stall in Jakarta Selatan needs help replacing a freezer and scales after the demolition of the market.

🇮🇩 Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia2,441 views
Dimas Lukman Handoko
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Jakarta Selatan
For fifteen years I have run a fish stall in Jakarta Selatan. In June, the demolition of the market took a freezer and scales. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Thursday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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 $400 goes: • Shop repairs and licensing: $60 • Replacing a freezer and scales: $250 • Working capital for the first month: $90 Thanks for reading all this. - Dimas

Updates from Dimas

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($288 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. We're at 35% thanks to 6 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.

  • Ritu K. Goyal 🇮🇳 · $53
  • Haritha T. Sundaram 🇮🇳 · $10
  • John Waweru Mutebi 🇰🇪 · $50

    “Be well. Been where you're, it gets better. - Machakos”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇦 · $60
  • Jackson Walters 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Asma Soliman 🇪🇬 · $25
  • Leni Johanna Brandt 🇩🇪 · $35
  • Fe N. Flores 🇵🇭 · $58

    “Hang in there. Thought of Dimas all day after reading this. - Quezon City”

  • Julián B. Cruz 🇺🇸 · $35
  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $20
  • Layla Iman Hussein 🇪🇬 · $10
  • Orawan Lalita Chaiyasit 🇹🇭 · $25
  • Josefina J. Fernandez 🇵🇭 · $25

    “Rooting for you. I'm in Bacolod, thinking of you. - Bacolod”

  • Ouma Mukasa Mollel 🇺🇬 · $25

    “Hang in there. Please keep us posted. - Kampala”

  • Elif Kübra Bulut 🇩🇪 · $20

    “Hope things get better. I'm in Karlsruhe, thinking of you.”

  • Amber B. Butler 🇨🇦 · $10

    “Hope it all works out. Thought of Dimas all day after reading this. - Toronto”

  • Pablo L. Álvarez 🇨🇴 · $10
  • Aaliyah Burton 🇨🇦 · $50

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  • Hang in there. Hope you get there. Please keep us posted!

    • Good luck, Dimas. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in retail myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.

      • Carlo P. SalazarID verified

        rooting for you, Dimas. Hope you make a strong comeback. Sent it to 32 people at work

        • Hang in there, Dimas. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor in Manchester donated after I showed her your page. God bless.

          • Hope it all works out, Dimas. Shared it with a few friends.

            • Hope it all works out, Dimas. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted. God bless

              • You're not alone, Dimas. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it

                • Rooting for you, Dimas. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings

                  • Rooting for you, Dimas. Shared it with a few friends. After 17 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best.

                    • Good luck, Dimas. Shared this with my family. Greetings from Cape Town.

                      • Stay strong. Hope you make a strong comeback. Put this on a community board in Pune this morning

                        • Sending strength, Dimas. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.

                          • Take care, Dimas. Shared this with my family.

                            • Devon M. BaileyPhoto verified

                              Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Spanish Town.

                              • Keep going, Dimas. Hope this works out for you. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless

                                • Francisco CarrilloPhoto verified

                                  praying for you, Dimas. Hope the shop reopens soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Katowice.

                                  • rooting for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Jakarta Selatan

                                    • Thinking of you and your family. Small businesses are the heart of Jakarta Selatan. Hope you're open again soon.

                                      • Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you

                                        • Wishing you peace, Dimas. I hope things turn around soon. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Mysuru

                                          • Thinking of you, Dimas. This could happen to any of us. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Wudil

                                            • Sending love, Dimas. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Jinja this morning. Love from Jinja

                                              • you're not alone. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.

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