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Joya lost a full set of tools to a long illness and repossession and needs $450 to reopen a bicycle repair shop and support the family.

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Joya Ayesha Chatterjee
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Mumbai
For nine years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Mumbai. In July, 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 4 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 $450 goes: • Replacing a full set of tools: $240 • Initial stock: spare parts: $95 • Shop repairs and licensing: $30 • Working capital for the first month: $85 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.

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  • stay strong, Joya. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Saint Petersburg.

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