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Help Alina restart a tailoring shop in Kyiv after a fire in the building
A tailoring shop in Kyiv needs help replacing three industrial sewing machines after a fire in the building.
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine1,817 views
For three years I have run a tailoring shop in Kyiv. In June, a fire in the building took three industrial sewing machines. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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 $500 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $55
• Replacing three industrial sewing machines: $340
• Shop repairs and licensing: $105
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Alina
Updates from Alina
We're at 26% thanks to 6 of you. I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Thank you all. We're at 25% now ($125). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. - Alina
Small update. $65 so far, the first invoice got paid this week. - Alina
- Lipi Tania Bose 🇧🇩 · $5
“Take care of yourselves. Only $5 but hope it helps. - Narayanganj”
- Mattias Mårtensson 🇸🇪 · $24
- Anonymous 🇷🇺 · $25
“Hope things get better. Thought of Alina all day after reading this.”
- Siddharth E. Apte 🇮🇳 · $25
- Lokesh D. Sivakumar 🇮🇳 · $25
- Bennett P. Morrison 🇳🇿 · $5
- Rafael D. Romero 🇲🇽 · $50
- William Tetteh 🇬🇭 · $10
- Lisa Vogt 🇩🇪 · $20
- Takeshi Kazuo Murata 🇯🇵 · $20
- Nina Sophia Winter 🇩🇪 · $25
“Sending love. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Augsburg”
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hope this works out for you. Thinking of Kyiv.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Alina?
Thank you. If you're in Kyiv I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Happy to explain more.
Wishing you peace, Alina. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Kyiv
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Alina.
Looking forward to the next update. Put this on a community board in Gazipur this morning!
So sorry you're going through this. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Kyiv.
Wishing you the best, Alina. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry
I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust!
Keep going, Alina. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Curitiba but we're thinking of you. Blessings.
Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Varanasi.
Thinking of you and your family, Alina. Hope you make a strong comeback. Blessings.
Stay strong. Your post was clear and honest. Take care