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Help Vani restart a neighborhood bakery in Sydney after floodwater
Vani has run a neighborhood bakery for fifteen years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $4,000 will put it back on its feet.
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For fifteen years I have run a neighborhood bakery in Sydney. In September, floodwater took a commercial oven. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Saturday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 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 $4,000 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $740
• Initial stock: flour, butter and sugar: $870
• Replacing a commercial oven: $2,390
Thanks for reading all this.
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Hope things get better soon. Hope you make a strong comeback. Wish I lived closer to Mandaue so I could bring a meal. God bless
thinking of you. Hope you get there. Love from Augusta
rooting for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. Wish I lived closer to Thane so I could bring a meal. Blessings
Keep going, Vani. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Dar es Salaam.
Thinking of you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Sent it to 38 people at work. All the best.