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Help Hussein restart a neighborhood bakery in Dammam after floodwater

A neighborhood bakery in Dammam needs help replacing a commercial oven after floodwater.

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Hussein Idris Kassem
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Dammam
For nine years I have run a neighborhood bakery in Dammam. In February, floodwater took a commercial oven. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Thursday, 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. I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go. Where the $2,000 goes: • Replacing a commercial oven: $1,400 • Working capital for the first month: $410 • Shop repairs and licensing: $190 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Hussein

Updates from Hussein

  1. Small update. $823 so far, I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Update from Dammam: I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. We're at 26% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Update from Dammam: I made the first payment toward replacing a commercial oven. We're at 19% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Hussein

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  • Thinking of you, Hussein. Hope the shop reopens soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.

    • So sorry you're going through this, Hussein. Shared it with a few friends. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.

      • is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Hussein

        • Replacing a commercial oven is $1,400 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. It helps to be asked.

      • Thinking of you and your family, Hussein. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.

        • Take care. I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Chennai

          • Small businesses are the heart of Dammam. Hope you're open again soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Dammam

            • This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Yekaterinburg.

              • Rafael G. PeñaAddress verifiedID verified

                Thanks for sharing this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Dammam.

                • thanks for sharing this, Hussein. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Nairobi!

                  • Hope it all works out, Hussein. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care.

                    • Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best

                      • Thinking of you and your family. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from Chiang Mai.

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