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Help Maja restart a bicycle repair shop in Gothenburg after floodwater
Maja has run a bicycle repair shop for fifteen years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $3,900 will put it back on its feet.
🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden2,342 views
For fifteen years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Gothenburg. In July, floodwater took a full set of tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 5 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $3,900 goes:
• Replacing a full set of tools: $2,750
• Initial stock: spare parts: $510
• Shop repairs and licensing: $290
• Working capital for the first month: $350
Glad we found this place.
- Maja
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small businesses are the heart of Gothenburg. Hope you're open again soon.
Keep going, Maja. Shared this with my family. Don't give up. Blessings.