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Help Asma restart a phone repair counter in Messina after a long illness and repossession

A phone repair counter in Messina needs help replacing a soldering station and testing tools after a long illness and repossession.

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Asma Jamila Benali
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Messina
For three years I have run a phone repair counter in Messina. In August, a long illness and repossession took a soldering station and testing tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Monday, 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. Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go. Where the $2,200 goes: • Replacing a soldering station and testing tools: $1,050 • Initial stock: replacement parts: $490 • Shop repairs and licensing: $200 • Working capital for the first month: $460 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Asma

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  • shared it with a few friends. I hope December is when things finally get easier

    • keep going, Asma. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

      • Wishing you the best. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Messina

        • Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Alcalá de Henares this morning. All the best.

          • Sending love, Asma. Small businesses are the heart of Messina. Hope you're open again soon. All the best.

            • Keep going, Asma. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

              • Wishing you peace, Asma. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

                • Hope things get better soon. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Messina

                  • Praying for you, Asma. I hope things turn around soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best

                    • thinking of you and your family, Asma. Hope the shop reopens soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.

                      • rooting for you, Asma. Small businesses are the heart of Messina. Hope you're open again soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless

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