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Help Alexander restart a street-food cart in Chandler after a storm that collapsed the roof
Alexander has run a street-food cart for nine years; a storm that collapsed the roof destroyed the equipment, and $3,250 will put it back on its feet.
🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States3,002 views
For nine years I have run a street-food cart in Chandler. In November, a storm that collapsed the roof took a gas stove and two refrigerators. 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 4 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 $3,250 goes:
• Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $1,850
• Initial stock: ingredients: $350
• Shop repairs and licensing: $710
• Working capital for the first month: $340
Thank you for reading my story.
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Take care, Alexander. Hope you get there. Greetings from Ciudad de México.
Thanks for sharing this, Alexander. Shared this with my family. God bless.
Keep going, Alexander. Hope you make a strong comeback. Greetings from Hồ Chí Minh City
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Novosibirsk this morning. Greetings from Novosibirsk.
hang in there, Alexander. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.