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Help Mwangi restart a bicycle repair shop in Mbale after floodwater
Mwangi has run a bicycle repair shop for twelve years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $400 will put it back on its feet.
🇺🇬 Mbale, Eastern Region, Uganda278 views
For twelve years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Mbale. In March, 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 Monday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 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 $400 goes:
• Replacing a full set of tools: $260
• Working capital for the first month: $85
• Shop repairs and licensing: $55
Thank you for reading my story.
Updates from Mwangi
92% there. the plan for replacing a full set of tools is now scheduled. Thank you.
- Anonymous 🇬🇷 · $10
“Rooting for you. Hope the June deadline works out. - Athens”
- Juliet Funmilayo Musa 🇳🇬 · $73
“Hang in there. Thought of Mwangi all day after reading this. - Epe”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Fatma Songül Özkan 🇹🇷 · $180
“All the best. Only $180 but hope it helps.”
- Franco Rossi 🇮🇹 · $180
“Stay strong. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Catania”
- Adaeze Funmilayo Ajayi 🇳🇬 · $6
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your post was clear and honest. Wish I lived closer to Üsküdar so I could bring a meal.