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Help Léa restart a small grocery stall in Saint-Étienne after a long illness and repossession
Léa lost a cold-storage unit to a long illness and repossession and needs $2,700 to reopen a small grocery stall and support the family.
🇫🇷 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France1,773 views
For nine years I have run a small grocery stall in Saint-Étienne. In August, a long illness and repossession took a cold-storage unit. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 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 $2,700 goes:
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $1,700
• Initial stock: fresh produce: $230
• Shop repairs and licensing: $260
• Working capital for the first month: $510
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
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Sending good thoughts, Léa. Hope you make a strong comeback.
how is Léa doing now?
Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Kyoto but we're thinking of you. Take care.
This could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Saint-Étienne.
Sending good thoughts, Léa. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Los Angeles.
Sending strength. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Saint-Étienne
Sending strength, Léa. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Blessings.