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Help Dae-hyun restart a laundry service in Seoul after floodwater
Dae-hyun lost two washing machines and a dryer to floodwater and needs $2,600 to reopen a laundry service and support the family.
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For fifteen years I have run a laundry service in Seoul. In February, floodwater took two washing machines and a dryer. 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 6 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 $2,600 goes:
• Initial stock: detergent and packaging: $380
• Working capital for the first month: $220
• Replacing two washing machines and a dryer: $2,000
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from Dae-hyun
Small update. $649 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.
- Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $5
“Take care of yourselves. Only $5 but hope it helps. - Seongnam”
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- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $200
- Rafaela Viviane Teixeira 🇧🇷 · $10
- Oanh Vy Cao 🇻🇳 · $5
- Ankit N. Mishra 🇮🇳 · $5
- Scarlett Lowe 🇬🇧 · $49
“God bless. Thought of Dae-hyun all day after reading this. - Birmingham”
- Isabella Sandoval 🇬🇧 · $25
“Hang in there. Thought of Dae-hyun all day after reading this. - Coventry”
- Benny Levi 🇮🇱 · $10
“Thought of Dae-hyun all day after reading this. - Beersheba”
- Kelvin Kwesi Gyasi 🇬🇭 · $100
- Rakib Imran Mukherjee 🇧🇩 · $50
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $20
- Shruthi P. Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 · $75
- Anjali B. Chopra 🇮🇳 · $20
- Gerhard L. Ngcobo 🇿🇦 · $20
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $50
- Caoimhe M. Griffin 🇮🇪 · $50
“Keep your head up. Thought of Dae-hyun all day after reading this.”
- Aline Regina Batista 🇧🇷 · $15
“Hope it all works out. Hope the April deadline works out. - Porto Alegre”
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hang in there. Hope you get there. My neighbor in Fresno donated after I showed her your page.
Hang in there, Dae-hyun. Hope you make a strong comeback. God bless.
So sorry you're going through this. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
thinking of you. Hope you make a strong comeback. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Take care.
good luck, Dae-hyun. Gave what I could, wish it was more
You're not alone, Dae-hyun. Hope you make a strong comeback. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.