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Get Irene back on the road: my school-run minibus repair fund

Irene's my school-run minibus is Irene's only source of income and needs a fuel pump replacement costing $600.

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Irene F. Navarro
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Cambridge
I make my living with my school-run minibus. 10 weeks ago the fuel pump failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $600. 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 two daughters and my mother. Before the breakdown I worked twelve hours a day, six days a week. I have been offered extra shifts for the next three 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 $600 goes: • Labor charges: $180 • Road tax and insurance renewal: $250 • Towing and inspection: $170 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Irene
#livelihood#repair#driver#employment

Updates from Irene

  1. Update from Cambridge: I made the first payment toward towing and inspection. We're at 72% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Quick update: $310 raised so far (52%). the plan for towing and inspection is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. Quick update: $105 raised so far (17%). I met with the mechanic and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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    “Thought of Irene all day after reading this. - Tokyo”

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  • Heather P. Hatfield

    hope you get there. We're a small family in Fort Worth but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Fort Worth

    • Kirana Yanti Handoko

      good luck, Irene. This could happen to any of us. Blessings

      • Isabela Luana Barbosa

        Best of luck, Irene. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out.

        $681.50 raised of $600

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