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Help Miguel restart a fish stall in Bogotá after a break-in
Miguel lost a freezer and scales to a break-in and needs $850 to reopen a fish stall and support the family.
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For three years I have run a fish stall in Bogotá. In May, a break-in took a freezer and scales. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Saturday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 4 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 $850 goes:
• Replacing a freezer and scales: $350
• Initial stock: the first catch: $170
• Shop repairs and licensing: $165
• Working capital for the first month: $165
Glad we found this place.
Updates from Miguel
Wanted to say thank you properly. 86% funded and I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts.
- Luna D. Hansen 🇺🇸 · $10
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“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Miguel all day after reading this. - Nairobi”
- Ezekiel Whitaker 🇺🇸 · $20
- Lisa Greta Winkler 🇩🇪 · $10
- Yogita H. Desai 🇮🇳 · $25
“Keep your head up. Saw your post and had to give. - Lucknow”
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- Berhanu Biniam Hailemariam 🇪🇹 · $20
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Keep going, Miguel. Looking forward to the next update
praying for you. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Bogotá.
Stay strong, Miguel. Your post was clear and honest. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Bogotá
thanks for sharing this, Miguel. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Bogotá.