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Back to business - Jakob's comeback in Kassel
A small grocery stall in Kassel needs help replacing a cold-storage unit after the demolition of the market.
🇩🇪 Kassel, Hesse, Germany2,783 views
For four years I have run a small grocery stall in Kassel. In August, the demolition of the market took a cold-storage unit. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 2 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 $3,000 goes:
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $1,450
• Initial stock: fresh produce: $690
• Shop repairs and licensing: $490
• Working capital for the first month: $370
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Jakob
Updates from Jakob
Good news. Because of your gifts ($539 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Priscila Beatriz Barbosa 🇧🇷 · $200
“Blessings. Please keep us posted. - São Paulo”
- Hadi Irfan Hidayat 🇮🇩 · $100
- Sameer L. Savla 🇮🇳 · $100
“Take care of yourselves! - Rohini”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $100
- Mwanaisha Ochieng 🇺🇬 · $75
“I'm in Gulu, thinking of you. - Gulu”
- Fe K. De Leon 🇵🇭 · $75
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $75
- Dorcas Tabitha Wafula 🇺🇬 · $68
- Itzhak Itai Segal 🇮🇱 · $65.50
“Praying for you - Tel Aviv”
- Tammy S. Mendoza 🇺🇸 · $56
“Hope this helps - Anaheim”
- Paula J. Valdez 🇺🇸 · $55.50
- Parvati Pun 🇳🇵 · $52
- Mila Femke De Jong 🇳🇱 · $50
- Ingrid Henriksson 🇸🇪 · $50
“Keep your head up. - Stockholm”
- Asif Tanvir Sheikh 🇧🇩 · $50
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Avery G. Riley 🇺🇸 · $50
- Aria H. Williamson 🇺🇸 · $50
- Pradeep Dhawan 🇮🇳 · $50
- Rafael W. Andrada 🇵🇭 · $50
“Wishing you the best. - Calamba”
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Praying for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Jakob.
Sure. The biggest one is replacing a cold-storage unit, $1,450. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. I'll keep the page updated.
Keep going, Jakob. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.
wishing you peace, Jakob. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Gaziantep.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Jakob?
Thank you. If you're in Kassel I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Happy to explain more.
Wishing you peace. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. Thinking of Kassel
thinking of you and your family. Shared it with a few friends. God bless.
Good luck, Jakob. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't give up. Thinking of Kassel.