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Help Irene restart a street-food cart in Mar del Plata after a fire in the building
Irene has run a street-food cart for fifteen years; a fire in the building destroyed the equipment, and $700 will put it back on its feet.
🇦🇷 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina840 views
For fifteen years I have run a street-food cart in Mar del Plata. In August, a fire in the building 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 Friday, and I employed 1 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 $700 goes:
• Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $340
• Initial stock: ingredients: $130
• Shop repairs and licensing: $95
• Working capital for the first month: $135
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Irene
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Hope things get better soon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless
Good luck. Looking forward to the next update. After 15 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything
So sorry you're going through this, Irene. Hope the shop reopens soon
Rooting for you, Irene. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless.
Rooting for you, Irene. Shared this with my family. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Take care.
Hope things get better soon, Irene. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Stay strong, Irene. Shared this with my family. Greetings from São Paulo.
thinking of you. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Mar del Plata.
Looking forward to the next update. After 29 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
good luck, Irene. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Los Angeles.