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Help Carolina restart a barbershop in Juiz de Fora after a long illness and repossession
Carolina has run a barbershop for three years; a long illness and repossession destroyed the equipment, and $1,400 will put it back on its feet.
🇧🇷 Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil1,943 views
For three years I have run a barbershop in Juiz de Fora. In March, a long illness and repossession took clippers, chairs and mirrors. 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 7 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 $1,400 goes:
• Replacing clippers, chairs and mirrors: $1,000
• Initial stock: supplies: $165
• Shop repairs and licensing: $65
• Working capital for the first month: $170
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
Updates from Carolina
Wanted to say thank you properly. 70% funded and I made the first payment toward working capital for the first month.
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $5
“God bless. From Columbus with love. - Columbus”
- My Hằng Cao 🇻🇳 · $10
- Lucas B. Snyder 🇨🇦 · $50
“Hope things get better. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Surrey”
- Fernando R. Vásquez 🇲🇽 · $5
“All the best. From Tlaquepaque with love. - Tlaquepaque”
- Araceli P. Herrera 🇺🇸 · $20
- Lucy Jepkoech Kamau 🇰🇪 · $10
- Venkat P. Thevar 🇮🇳 · $25
- Parvathi A. Panicker 🇮🇳 · $101
- Guilherme Henrique Figueiredo 🇧🇷 · $16
- Agnès Renaud 🇨🇦 · $25
- Aurora Roberta Ferrara 🇮🇹 · $20
“Best of luck. Thought of Carolina all day after reading this. - Rome”
- Vincent Felix Tetteh 🇬🇭 · $30
“You got this. Hope the June deadline works out. - Tarkwa”
- Ayesha Eman Hanif 🇵🇰 · $69
“Rooting for you. Shared with friends too. - Gujranwala”
- Willem Dirk Van Dijk 🇳🇱 · $30
- Allison G. Harrison 🇺🇸 · $10
- Cesar B. Martinez 🇵🇭 · $50
- Liza Perez 🇵🇭 · $51
- Claudia C. Arias 🇲🇽 · $25
- Dante M. Lacson 🇵🇭 · $50
- Jaxon M. Russell 🇺🇸 · $10
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Carolina!
Replacing clippers, chairs and mirrors is $1,000 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page.
Best of luck. Hope you get there. Sent it to 36 people at work. Blessings
Hope it all works out, Carolina. Your post was clear and honest. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
Thinking of you and your family, Carolina. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Sending love, Carolina. Small businesses are the heart of Juiz de Fora. Hope you're open again soon. Blessings
wishing you the best, Carolina. Hope you get there. Greetings from Siliguri