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Help Gheorghe restart a sewing studio in Cluj-Napoca after floodwater
Gheorghe lost a cutting table and overlocker to floodwater and needs $950 to reopen a sewing studio and support the family.
🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania1,788 views
For six years I have run a sewing studio in Cluj-Napoca. In June, floodwater took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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 $950 goes:
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $370
• Initial stock: fabric: $185
• Shop repairs and licensing: $145
• Working capital for the first month: $250
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Gheorghe
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- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $50
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $10
“Best of luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Palermo”
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- Oky Joko Purnomo 🇮🇩 · $100
“Stay strong. Thought of Gheorghe all day after reading this. - Depok”
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- Tanvir Faruk Zaman 🇧🇩 · $20
- Beatrice Basile 🇮🇹 · $75
- Hassan Faisal Youssef 🇪🇬 · $73
- Odhiambo Mwende 🇰🇪 · $20
- Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $10
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Sending love. Hope the shop reopens soon. Greetings from Muzaffarpur.
Sending love, Gheorghe. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't give up.
Sending good thoughts. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I hope September is when things finally get easier. All the best
Shared it with a few friends. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Cluj-Napoca
Small businesses are the heart of Cluj-Napoca. Hope you're open again soon. All the best
Keep going, Gheorghe. Hope the shop reopens soon. Blessings.
sending good thoughts. Hope you make a strong comeback. Put this on a community board in Adama this morning.
Thanks for sharing this, Gheorghe. Looking forward to the next update.
Wishing you peace, Gheorghe. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best!
stay strong. Looking forward to the next update. Don't give up. Love from Kanpur
Keep going, Gheorghe. Shared this with my family.
Good luck, Gheorghe. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Mumbai.
Thanks for sharing this, Gheorghe. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. God bless!
Wishing you the best. Hope this works out for you. After 13 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Thinking of you and your family, Gheorghe. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Macon this morning. Blessings.
Hope it all works out, Gheorghe. Looking forward to the next update. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Mumbai
Wishing you peace, Gheorghe. Shared this with my family. Wish I lived closer to Tacoma so I could bring a meal.
Thinking of you and your family. Your post was clear and honest. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
This could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Cluj-Napoca
So sorry you're going through this, Gheorghe. Small businesses are the heart of Cluj-Napoca. Hope you're open again soon. God bless