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Back to business - Kavita's comeback in San Diego
A flower stall in San Diego needs help replacing display cabinets and a cooler after floodwater.
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For nine years I have run a flower stall in San Diego. In May, floodwater took display cabinets and a cooler. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, 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 $2,900 goes:
• Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $1,350
• Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $730
• Shop repairs and licensing: $560
• Working capital for the first month: $260
If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
- Kavita
Updates from Kavita
Thank you all. We're at 20% now ($585). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for shop repairs and licensing is now scheduled.
- Manal Rania Badawi 🇫🇷 · $10
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $20
- Rashid Saad Lodhi 🇵🇰 · $1,000
- Anonymous 🇳🇿 · $10
- Oleksandr Pavlov 🇺🇦 · $10
- Jameson H. Warren 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Kavita all day after reading this. - Dallas”
- Beatrice Anyango Lyimo 🇰🇪 · $50
- Jacob M. Fernandez 🇺🇸 · $500
“Wish I could do more. Only $500 but hope it helps. - Los Angeles”
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Praying for you, Kavita. Hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care
Hang in there. Hope you make a strong comeback. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care
Hope the shop reopens soon. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out.
praying for you. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update
Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor in Södertälje donated after I showed her your page