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Help Faith restart a street-food cart in Birmingham after a long illness and repossession
Faith lost a gas stove and two refrigerators to a long illness and repossession and needs $2,900 to reopen a street-food cart and support the family.
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom3,026 views
For nine years I have run a street-food cart in Birmingham. In July, a long illness and repossession took a gas stove and two refrigerators. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 1 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $2,900 goes:
• Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $1,250
• Initial stock: ingredients: $760
• Shop repairs and licensing: $290
• Working capital for the first month: $600
Thank you for reading my story.
Updates from Faith
Small update. $1,143 so far, I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts.
- Charles K. Perry 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Mekdes Yeshi Tadesse 🇪🇹 · $50
“Hope it all works out. Gave what I could this week. - Bahir Dar”
- Isabel S. Hernandez 🇵🇭 · $5
- Cường Bảo Tran 🇺🇸 · $5
“Rooting for you. From Miami with love.”
- Jameson Gregory 🇺🇸 · $30
- Larysa Vasiliev 🇺🇦 · $21
- Festus Tunde Afolabi 🇳🇬 · $10
- Ingrid Elaine Melo 🇧🇷 · $5
- Paisley P. Cortez 🇦🇺 · $45
- Miguel Sebastião Moreira 🇧🇷 · $75
- Nyambura Nabirye Shayo 🇰🇪 · $20
- Kavita M. Mittal 🇬🇧 · $75
- Roberta Silvestri 🇮🇹 · $5
- Elena T. Vance 🇬🇧 · $5
- Nnamdi Tayo Oladipo 🇳🇬 · $76
- Claudio Valerio Bianchi 🇮🇹 · $50
- Anita Awasthi 🇮🇳 · $62.50
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $10
- Tarık Keskin 🇹🇷 · $20
“Blessings. Hope the October deadline works out. - Çankaya”
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Praying for you, Faith. Your post was clear and honest. Take care.
Thinking of you, Faith. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Philadelphia.
Hope things get better soon, Faith. Shared it with a few friends
So sorry you're going through this, Faith. This could happen to any of us. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings
Thinking of you, Faith. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to Cartagena so I could bring a meal.
Hope things get better soon. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Aurangabad.
Rooting for you, Faith. Your post was clear and honest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Rochester.