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Help Zlata restart a laundry service in Moscow after a break-in
Zlata lost two washing machines and a dryer to a break-in and needs $450 to reopen a laundry service and support the family.
🇷🇺 Moscow, Moscow, Russia665 views
For twelve years I have run a laundry service in Moscow. In August, a break-in took two washing machines and a dryer. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Tuesday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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 $450 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $70
• Working capital for the first month: $180
• Initial stock: detergent and packaging: $200
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Zlata
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Small businesses are the heart of Moscow. Hope you're open again soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Edinburgh
keep going. Shared it with a few friends. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Leeds
Thinking of you and your family, Zlata. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Hanoi but we're thinking of you. Love from Hanoi
so sorry you're going through this, Zlata. Small businesses are the heart of Moscow. Hope you're open again soon. All the best
Hang in there. Hope the shop reopens soon. Thinking of Moscow
Sending love, Zlata. Hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Moscow.