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Help Marcia restart a street-food cart in Kingston after a fire in the building
Marcia lost a gas stove and two refrigerators to a fire in the building and needs $1,100 to reopen a street-food cart and support the family.
🇯🇲 Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica2,052 views
For six years I have run a street-food cart in Kingston. In July, 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 Tuesday, and I employed 2 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.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $1,100 goes:
• Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $660
• Initial stock: ingredients: $115
• Shop repairs and licensing: $115
• Working capital for the first month: $210
Thanks for being kind about this.
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hope the shop reopens soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.
Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Tema so I could bring a meal!
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Duque de Caxias this morning. God bless.