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Back to business - Joy's comeback in Asaba
A street-food cart in Asaba needs help replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators after a storm that collapsed the roof.
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For nine years I have run a street-food cart in Asaba. In August, a storm that collapsed the roof 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 Tuesday, and I employed 1 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 $550 goes:
• Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $390
• Working capital for the first month: $75
• Initial stock: ingredients: $85
Glad we found this place.
Updates from Joy
Thank you all. We're at 38% now ($208). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
- Majid Hassan Zidan 🇪🇬 · $51
“Only $51 but hope it helps. - Cairo”
- Mercy W. Ramirez 🇵🇭 · $100
- Aiden P. Phillips 🇬🇧 · $50
- Pablo E. Reyes 🇦🇷 · $10
- Luis G. García 🇪🇸 · $50
- Shilpa A. Sethi 🇮🇳 · $30
- Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $5
- Robbert Hoogland 🇳🇱 · $20
- Leah P. Wade 🇬🇧 · $53
- Nora Marshall 🇺🇸 · $20
- Taghreed Huda Cherif 🇲🇦 · $50
- Achieng Atieno Mrema 🇰🇪 · $25
- Sibusiso P. Jones 🇿🇦 · $25
- Pankaj S. Bedi 🇮🇳 · $20
“Best of luck. My mother told me about this one. - Saket”
- Tahmina Jannat Khatun 🇮🇳 · $15
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Thinking of you and your family, Joy. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 22 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Asaba