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Back to business - Rui's comeback in Sacramento
A fish stall in Sacramento needs help replacing a freezer and scales after a break-in.
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For six years I have run a fish stall in Sacramento. In September, a break-in took a freezer and scales. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Saturday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 6 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 $4,250 goes:
• Replacing a freezer and scales: $2,900
• Initial stock: the first catch: $330
• Shop repairs and licensing: $560
• Working capital for the first month: $460
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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Sending strength, Rui. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.