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Back to business - Gabriela's comeback in Petrópolis
Gabriela lost a full set of tools to a long illness and repossession and needs $350 to reopen a bicycle repair shop and support the family.
🇧🇷 Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1,047 views
For six years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Petrópolis. In May, a long illness and repossession 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 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 6 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 $350 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $115
• Shop repairs and licensing: $150
• Initial stock: spare parts: $85
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Gabriela
Updates from Gabriela
51% there. I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing. Thank you.
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- Ahmed Hamza Hashmi 🇵🇰 · $80
“Only $80 but hope it helps. - Karachi”
- Isaac Ferguson 🇺🇸 · $50
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“Hang in there. Thought of Gabriela all day after reading this. - Kobe”
- Habib Chatterjee 🇮🇳 · $30
“Get well soon. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Kozhikode”
- Anonymous 🇨🇴 · $25
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“Stay strong. Thought of Gabriela all day after reading this. - Manila”
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“All the best. Only $15 but hope it helps. - Manchester”
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So sorry you're going through this, Gabriela. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in Lahore donated after I showed her your page.
Hope things get better soon, Gabriela. Shared it with a few friends. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Aurangabad.