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Help Reza restart a street-food cart in Jakarta after a fire in the building
Reza has run a street-food cart for fifteen years; a fire in the building destroyed the equipment, and $750 will put it back on its feet.
🇮🇩 Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia1,055 views
For fifteen years I have run a street-food cart in Jakarta. In August, 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 Thursday, and I employed 1 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $750 goes:
• Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $470
• Initial stock: ingredients: $110
• Shop repairs and licensing: $50
• Working capital for the first month: $120
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Reza
Updates from Reza
18% there. I made the first payment toward working capital for the first month. Thank you.
Small update. $33 so far, I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts.
- Grace Aisha Massawe 🇰🇪 · $46
“You got this. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Kasarani”
- Mercy Nneka Ogunleye 🇳🇬 · $5
“Thinking of you. Small amount but sent with love. - Lagos”
- Tomás E. Ramírez 🇺🇸 · $50
“Thought of Reza all day after reading this.”
- Felix Tobias Wolf 🇩🇪 · $50
“From my family to yours. I'm in Dresden, thinking of you. - Dresden”
- Nadia W. Chetty 🇿🇦 · $15
“Hope this helps. Thought of Reza all day after reading this.”
- Tuhin Tareq Haque 🇧🇩 · $18
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Good luck. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. We're a small family in Baton Rouge but we're thinking of you. All the best.
Keep going, Reza. Hope you make a strong comeback. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out
Hope it all works out, Reza. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Jakarta.
Wishing you the best. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. It's not much but it's yours.