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Back to business - Yolanda's comeback in Cali

A flower stall in Cali needs help replacing display cabinets and a cooler after a break-in.

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Yolanda T. Ramos
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Cali
For three years I have run a flower stall in Cali. In July, 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 Thursday, and I employed 3 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. I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go. Where the $700 goes: • Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $360 • Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $120 • Shop repairs and licensing: $75 • Working capital for the first month: $145 Every share and every dollar helps.
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Yolanda

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 44% funded and the plan for replacing display cabinets and a cooler is now scheduled.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($205 in total) I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 14% now ($95). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts.

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  • Gerardo D. Ramos 🇪🇸 · $50

    “Hang in there. Thought of Yolanda all day after reading this. - Madrid”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $30
  • Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $30

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Yolanda all day after reading this. - Mombasa”

  • Ting Wei Lu 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Yolanda all day after reading this. - Buffalo”

  • Anonymous 🇪🇹 · $20
  • Gabriel Martínez 🇲🇽 · $20
  • Ronke Shittu 🇳🇬 · $16

    “Only $16 but hope it helps. - Lagos”

  • Aleksandra Barbara Mazur 🇵🇱 · $10

    “Every little bit. Hope you get the rest soon. - Gliwice”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Elena Alina Makarov 🇺🇦 · $10

    “Thought of Yolanda all day after reading this. - Dnipro”

  • Thomas J. Vasquez 🇺🇸 · $10

    “Hope the October deadline works out. - Cambridge”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $5
  • Mercedes R. Tapia 🇺🇸 · $5

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  • Valentina H. Chávez

    wishing you peace. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't give up. Love from Soweto.

    • Józef Ryszard Mazurek

      thanks for sharing this. Hope you get there. Love from Corpus Christi

      • Uche Halima Zakari

        Thinking of you, Yolanda. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.

        $416 raised of $700

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