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Help Dineo restart a small grocery stall in Sandton after floodwater

Dineo has run a small grocery stall for fifteen years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $700 will put it back on its feet.

🇿🇦 Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa750 views
Dineo C. Jacobs
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Sandton
For fifteen years I have run a small grocery stall in Sandton. In December, floodwater took a cold-storage unit. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 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 $700 goes: • Replacing a cold-storage unit: $510 • Initial stock: fresh produce: $105 • Shop repairs and licensing: $85 Every share and every dollar helps. - Dineo
#small-business#livelihood#restart

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  • Quinn W. Gilbert

    Wishing you peace, Dineo. Hope you get there. Greetings from Tel Aviv

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