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Back to business - Meet's comeback in Durgapur
Meet lost a gas stove and two refrigerators to a long illness and repossession and needs $550 to reopen a street-food cart and support the family.
🇮🇳 Durgapur, West Bengal, India1,026 views
For nine years I have run a street-food cart in Durgapur. In August, a long illness and repossession took a gas stove and two refrigerators. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Tuesday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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 $550 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $110
• Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $350
• Initial stock: ingredients: $90
Glad we found this place.
- Meet
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Small businesses are the heart of Durgapur. Hope you're open again soon.