MoneySmall business
Help Umar restart a street-food cart in Bekasi after a fire in the building
Umar has run a street-food cart for six years; a fire in the building destroyed the equipment, and $750 will put it back on its feet.
🇮🇩 Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia1,733 views
For six years I have run a street-food cart in Bekasi. In March, 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 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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: $430
• Initial stock: ingredients: $130
• Shop repairs and licensing: $115
• Working capital for the first month: $75
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
- Umar
Updates from Umar
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Githinji Peter Wafula 🇰🇪 · $200
- Ram Rabin Bista 🇳🇵 · $25
“All the best. Thought of Umar all day after reading this.”
- Matilde Federica Moretti 🇮🇹 · $20
- Albin Dahlberg 🇸🇪 · $50
- Ha-joon Tae-hoon Ryu 🇰🇷 · $25
- Rémi Alexandre Huet 🇨🇦 · $20
- Kenta Koji Fukuda 🇯🇵 · $10
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $50
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Lata K. Bajpai 🇬🇧 · $20
- José Edson Lacerda 🇧🇷 · $43
“Keep your head up. Thought of Umar all day after reading this.”
- Lukas Bernd Lehmann 🇩🇪 · $15
- Ratul Ratul Ali 🇮🇳 · $5
“Happy to help. Saw your post and had to give. - Madurai”
- Renata Daniela Almeida 🇧🇷 · $25
- Zainab Malak Hamdan 🇪🇬 · $100
- Sneha G. Wagh 🇮🇳 · $20
- Pietro Palumbo 🇮🇹 · $100
“Wish I could do more. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Bari”
- Priya Rima Alam 🇮🇳 · $10
- Vijay N. Sandhu 🇮🇳 · $32.50
- Naliaka Upendo Ngowi 🇺🇬 · $10
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Greetings from Peshawar.
Small businesses are the heart of Bekasi. Hope you're open again soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Bekasi
Rooting for you, Umar. This could happen to any of us. It's not much but it's yours
Praying for you, Umar. Shared this with my family. I have a 10 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
Shared it with a few friends. Love from San Jose!
So sorry you're going through this, Umar. It takes guts to ask. Well done!
Sending love, Umar. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Wishing you peace. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Praying for you, Umar. Looking forward to the next update.