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Back to business - Margaret's comeback in Mombasa

Margaret lost display cabinets and a cooler to a break-in and needs $300 to reopen a flower stall and support the family.

🇰🇪 Mombasa, Kenya1,420 views

Margaret Margaret Kyagulanyi

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Mombasa

For four years I have run a flower stall in Mombasa. In April, a break-in 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 2 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 $300 goes: • Working capital for the first month: $90 • Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $105 • Shop repairs and licensing: $105 Every share and every dollar helps. - Margaret

#small-business #livelihood #restart

Updates from Margaret

Good news. Because of your gifts ($141 in total) I made the first payment toward working capital for the first month. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
We're at 20% thanks to 2 of you. I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

Donations

Recent Top gifts

Mercedes C. Ortiz 🇲🇽 · $70
“Keep your head up. Hope this covers a bit of it. - San Nicolás de los Garza”
Zeeshan Moin Chaudhry 🇵🇰 · $50
“Wish I could do more. My cousin told me about this one. - Lahore”
Serenity H. Long 🇺🇸 · $25
“Keep your head up. Saw your post and had to give. - Lowell”
Yasmin Nadia Farouk 🇪🇬 · $15
Dmitry Denis Honcharenko 🇺🇦 · $11
Ali Usman Raza 🇵🇰 · $10
“Sending love. Thought of Margaret all day after reading this. - Karachi”
Antoine Mathieu Rey 🇫🇷 · $10
“Thinking of you. Hope the July deadline works out. - Boulogne-Billancourt”