MoneySmall business
Back to business - Kateryna's comeback in Odesa
A tailoring shop in Odesa needs help replacing three industrial sewing machines after a storm that collapsed the roof.
🇺🇦 Odesa, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine2,489 views
For six years I have run a tailoring shop in Odesa. In January, a storm that collapsed the roof took three industrial sewing machines. 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 10 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 $700 goes:
• Replacing three industrial sewing machines: $460
• Initial stock: fabric and thread: $130
• Shop repairs and licensing: $50
• Working capital for the first month: $60
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
Updates from Kateryna
32% there. I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.
Thank you all. We're at 15% now ($105). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for working capital for the first month is now scheduled.
- Claudia Hernández 🇺🇸 · $10
“Get well soon. Hope the April deadline works out. - Ann Arbor”
- Ganga Sushma Bista 🇳🇵 · $10
“Blessings. Thought of Kateryna all day after reading this. - Bhaktapur”
- Francesca Neri 🇮🇹 · $5
- Julieta B. Ruiz 🇦🇷 · $10
“Good luck. My colleague told me about this one. - Buenos Aires”
- Alexander Pavlenko 🇺🇦 · $10
- Nevaeh R. Wood 🇺🇸 · $25
- Lorena C. Castillo 🇺🇸 · $10
- Faisal Amir Hamid 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
- Isamu Tatsuya Shimizu 🇯🇵 · $5
- Frank J. Richardson 🇺🇸 · $66
“Hope it all works out. Only $66 but hope it helps.”
- Russell R. Stewart 🇬🇧 · $20
- Lamia Sabina Hossain 🇧🇩 · $25
- Anastasia Ksenia Semenov 🇺🇦 · $10
- Laura Concetta Longo 🇮🇹 · $25
- Léo Thierry Jean 🇲🇦 · $25
- Olga Ioanna Oikonomou 🇬🇷 · $20
“I'm in Heraklion, thinking of you. - Heraklion”
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
Looking forward to the next update. I have a 15 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless
You're not alone. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did