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Back to business - Julieta's comeback in Houston
Julieta lost a cutting table and overlocker to a break-in and needs $4,550 to reopen a sewing studio and support the family.
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For twelve years I have run a sewing studio in Houston. In October, a break-in took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 7 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 $4,550 goes:
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $2,700
• Initial stock: fabric: $560
• Shop repairs and licensing: $700
• Working capital for the first month: $590
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Julieta
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- Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $10
- Greyson L. Porter 🇺🇸 · $10
- Upendo Lucy Juma 🇰🇪 · $5
- Jie Shuai Fu 🇺🇸 · $20
- Irina Diana Antonov 🇷🇺 · $15
“Blessings. Thought of Julieta all day after reading this. - Moscow”
- Godwin Uche Olawale 🇳🇬 · $25
“Hope it all works out. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Kaduna”
- Jay B. Zaveri 🇮🇳 · $25
- Kai Rui Gao 🇺🇸 · $20
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $15
“Thinking of you. Only $15 but hope it helps. - New Delhi”
- Leonardo P. Guzmán 🇪🇸 · $25
- Javier N. Ibáñez 🇦🇷 · $10
“Hang in there. Hope the December deadline works out. - Buenos Aires”
- Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $100
- Hans Groß 🇩🇪 · $10
- Abubakar Chukwuemeka Igwe 🇳🇬 · $25
“Good luck. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Gwagwalada”
- Sara Iris Van der Heijden 🇳🇱 · $10
- Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $10
- Dylan Little 🇦🇺 · $25
- Souad Leila Ghanem 🇪🇬 · $5
“Rooting for you. Gave what I could this week. - Luxor”
- Umar Naveed Warraich 🇵🇰 · $100
- Rafael Gabriel Dantas 🇧🇷 · $40.50
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keep going. Your post was clear and honest. I hope December is when things finally get easier
Good luck, Julieta. This could happen to any of us.
keep going. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care
Good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best.
You're not alone, Julieta. Hope the shop reopens soon. Greetings from Cartagena
so sorry you're going through this, Julieta. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. All the best.
Best of luck, Julieta. Hope the shop reopens soon. Thinking of Houston.