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Help Vidya restart a neighborhood bakery in Kochi after floodwater
A neighborhood bakery in Kochi needs help replacing a commercial oven after floodwater.
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For nine years I have run a neighborhood bakery in Kochi. In December, floodwater took a commercial oven. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 2 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 $550 goes:
• Initial stock: flour, butter and sugar: $75
• Working capital for the first month: $95
• Replacing a commercial oven: $380
Thanks for reading all this.
- Vidya
Updates from Vidya
Good news. Because of your gifts ($177 in total) I made the first payment toward replacing a commercial oven. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Update from Kochi: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 14% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Álvaro C. Serrano 🇪🇸 · $15
“Keep your head up. Thought of Vidya all day after reading this. - Bilbao”
- Kwasi Danso 🇬🇭 · $8
“Hope this helps. My sister told me about this one. - Tarkwa”
- Khang Nam Truong 🇻🇳 · $50
- Jose G. Flores 🇵🇭 · $50
- Divya Sandhu 🇬🇧 · $27
“Only $27 but hope it helps. - London”
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $50
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Sending good thoughts. Hope the shop reopens soon. Blessings
thinking of you and your family, Vidya. I hope things turn around soon.
You're not alone, Vidya. Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Recife