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Help Mussa restart a sewing studio in Mombasa after a storm that collapsed the roof
Mussa has run a sewing studio for three years; a storm that collapsed the roof destroyed the equipment, and $700 will put it back on its feet.
🇰🇪 Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya254 views
For three years I have run a sewing studio in Mombasa. In April, a storm that collapsed the roof took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Tuesday, 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 $700 goes:
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $470
• Initial stock: fabric: $100
• Shop repairs and licensing: $40
• Working capital for the first month: $90
If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
- Mussa
Updates from Mussa
Update from Mombasa: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 11% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Small update. $75 so far, I made the first payment toward replacing a cutting table and overlocker.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 4% funded and I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing.
- Dennis Quartey 🇬🇭 · $50
“Praying for you. My colleague told me about this one. - Accra”
- Johanna Julia Schmidt 🇩🇪 · $25
- Isaiah S. Sanders 🇦🇺 · $20
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Sending good thoughts, Mussa. Hope you make a strong comeback. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out.