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Help Lorenzo restart a bicycle repair shop in Palmira after a storm that collapsed the roof
Lorenzo lost a full set of tools to a storm that collapsed the roof and needs $1,050 to reopen a bicycle repair shop and support the family.
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For fifteen years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Palmira. In April, a storm that collapsed the roof took a full set of tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 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 $1,050 goes:
• Replacing a full set of tools: $730
• Initial stock: spare parts: $80
• Shop repairs and licensing: $115
• Working capital for the first month: $125
Thanks for reading all this.
- Lorenzo
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Wishing you the best. Looking forward to the next update. I'm in logistics myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Palmira.
how is Lorenzo doing now?
Thinking of you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Ottawa but we're thinking of you
Best of luck, Lorenzo. I hope things turn around soon.
is replacing a full set of tools the biggest cost or is there more coming?
thinking of you and your family. Hope the shop reopens soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
sending love. Hope you make a strong comeback. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best.
Sending love, Lorenzo. Hope the shop reopens soon. Take care.
Thanks for sharing this. I hope things turn around soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Nairobi
this could happen to any of us. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Palmira.