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Help Olumide restart a flower stall in Bonny after the demolition of the market
Olumide lost display cabinets and a cooler to the demolition of the market and needs $500 to reopen a flower stall and support the family.
🇳🇬 Bonny, Rivers, Nigeria1,544 views
For nine years I have run a flower stall in Bonny. In August, the demolition of the market took display cabinets and a cooler. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Thursday, 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $500 goes:
• Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $230
• Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $105
• Shop repairs and licensing: $65
• Working capital for the first month: $100
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“Wishing you the best. Thought of Olumide all day after reading this. - Tehuacán”
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“Hope this helps. From Dodoma with love. - Dodoma”
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- Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $15
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- Elena P. Solís 🇲🇽 · $25
- Mukasa Bakari Waweru 🇰🇪 · $20
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Thinking of you, Olumide. Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Bengaluru so I could bring a meal
sending love, Olumide. Your post was clear and honest. Please keep us posted. God bless.
small businesses are the heart of Bonny. Hope you're open again soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 20 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless.
Hope this works out for you. Sent it to 20 people at work. Greetings from Hồ Chí Minh City.