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Back to business - Lanre's comeback in Lagos
Lanre has run a small grocery stall for fifteen years; a storm that collapsed the roof destroyed the equipment, and $350 will put it back on its feet.
🇳🇬 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria1,190 views
For fifteen years I have run a small grocery stall in Lagos. In September, a storm that collapsed the roof took a cold-storage unit. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 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 $350 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $105
• Working capital for the first month: $70
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $175
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Lanre
Updates from Lanre
We're at 29% thanks to 4 of you. the plan for shop repairs and licensing is now scheduled. More news soon.
Update from Lagos: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 53% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Élodie Sophie Laurent 🇫🇷 · $50
- Rylee Olson 🇺🇸 · $25
- Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $5
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $20
“From my family to yours. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Newport”
- Gunawan Erlangga Lubis 🇮🇩 · $75
- Hendra Gunawan 🇮🇩 · $10
- Nisha G. Sethi 🇮🇳 · $5
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Kurniawan Saputra 🇮🇩 · $25
- Isabelle D. Moran 🇺🇸 · $30
- Eunice Appiah 🇬🇭 · $31
- Sun-hee Min-ji Jeon 🇰🇷 · $5
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Best of luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.