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Helen needs a full set of tools to reopen a bicycle repair shop
A bicycle repair shop in Bahir Dar needs help replacing a full set of tools after a storm that collapsed the roof.
🇪🇹 Amhara, Ethiopia133 views
For twelve years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Bahir Dar. In June, a storm that collapsed the roof took a full set of tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 1 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 $450 goes:
• Replacing a full set of tools: $250
• Initial stock: spare parts: $60
• Shop repairs and licensing: $85
• Working capital for the first month: $55
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Helen
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how is Helen doing now?
Hope it all works out, Helen. Hope the shop reopens soon. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.