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Help Carmen restart a fish stall in Ciudad de México after a break-in
Carmen lost a freezer and scales to a break-in and needs $1,250 to reopen a fish stall and support the family.
🇲🇽 Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico1,502 views
For fifteen years I have run a fish stall in Ciudad de México. In January, a break-in took a freezer and scales. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, and I employed 3 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $1,250 goes:
• Initial stock: the first catch: $270
• Shop repairs and licensing: $155
• Replacing a freezer and scales: $825
Glad we found this place.
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Thinking of you and your family, Carmen. Hope you get there. I hope June is when things finally get easier. Take care.
sending strength, Carmen. This could happen to any of us.
Best of luck, Carmen. I hope things turn around soon. After 25 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.
Hope things get better soon, Carmen. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update. God bless.
Sending strength. Hope you make a strong comeback. We're a small family in Thane but we're thinking of you!
Sending good thoughts, Carmen. Small businesses are the heart of Ciudad de México. Hope you're open again soon.
Keep going, Carmen. Shared it with a few friends. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Best of luck, Carmen. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
So sorry you're going through this, Carmen. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Greetings from Mumbai.
Thinking of you and your family. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Corpus Christi
Wishing you the best. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Please keep us posted. Love from Flint!
Hang in there. Hope you get there. Love from Santos.
Keep going, Carmen. Hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Bloemfontein
Rooting for you. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Faisalabad.
Wishing you peace, Carmen. Your post was clear and honest. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.