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Help Kevin restart a sewing studio in Mombasa after the demolition of the market
Kevin lost a cutting table and overlocker to the demolition of the market and needs $500 to reopen a sewing studio and support the family.
🇰🇪 Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya120 views
For nine years I have run a sewing studio in Mombasa. In September, the demolition of the market took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Tuesday, and I employed 3 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.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $500 goes:
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $200
• Initial stock: fabric: $130
• Shop repairs and licensing: $60
• Working capital for the first month: $110
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
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- Julián Pérez 🇨🇴 · $10
“Hope this helps. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Bogotá”
- Jagath Lakmal Herath 🇱🇰 · $38
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Small businesses are the heart of Mombasa. Hope you're open again soon.