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Get Birtukan back on the road: my food truck repair fund
Birtukan's my food truck is Birtukan's only source of income and needs a transmission replacement costing $150.
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I make my living with my food truck. 7 weeks ago the transmission failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $150. Without the vehicle I earn nothing.
I have been borrowing from friends to pay rent, and now I have run out of people to ask.
I support my 4 children. Before the breakdown I worked nine hours a day, six days a week. I have been offered extra shifts for the next four months if I can just get the vehicle working.
I have a written estimate from a certified mechanic and will upload it here.
I'll pay the mechanic directly and show you the repaired vehicle in an update.
Where the $150 goes:
• Labor charges: $30
• Towing and inspection: $10
• transmission replacement (parts): $110
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Birtukan
Updates from Birtukan
Thank you all. We're at 10% now ($15). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
Quick update: $20 raised so far (13%). the plan for labor charges is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Inés R. Paredes 🇲🇽 · $10
“Be well. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Coyoacán”
- Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $5
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $15
“Thought of Birtukan all day after reading this.”
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Wishing you peace, Birtukan. This could happen to any of us
Rooting for you, Birtukan. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Mumbai.