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Help Robel restart a flower stall in Jimma after the demolition of the market
Robel lost display cabinets and a cooler to the demolition of the market and needs $250 to reopen a flower stall and support the family.
🇪🇹 Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia653 views
For nine years I have run a flower stall in Jimma. In July, 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 Wednesday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 6 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 $250 goes:
• Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $115
• Shop repairs and licensing: $40
• Working capital for the first month: $95
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Robel.
small businesses are the heart of Jimma. Hope you're open again soon. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out.
I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.
Good luck, Robel. I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Kyoto!