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Kariuki needs my delivery van repaired to get back to work in Mombasa
Kariuki drives for a living in Mombasa, and a broken suspension has stopped all income for 5 weeks.
🇰🇪 Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya893 views
I make my living with my delivery van. 5 weeks ago the suspension failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $300. Without the vehicle I earn nothing.
I have been borrowing from friends to pay rent, and now I have run out of people to ask.
I support my wife and our newborn. Before the breakdown I worked nine hours a day, six days a week. I have been offered extra shifts for the next three months if I can just get the vehicle working.
I have a written estimate from a certified mechanic and will upload it here.
I'll pay the mechanic directly and show you the repaired vehicle in an update.
Where the $300 goes:
• Labor charges: $35
• Road tax and insurance renewal: $45
• suspension replacement (parts): $220
Thanks for reading all this.
- Kariuki
Updates from Kariuki
Small update. $26 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
Update from Mombasa: the plan for suspension replacement is now scheduled. We're at 9% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($16 in total) the plan for road tax and insurance renewal is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Okechukwu Obinna Ogunleye 🇳🇬 · $100
“God bless. Hope the July deadline works out. - Ikeja”
- Gopal R. Vaidyanathan 🇮🇳 · $10
- Stephanie N. Page 🇨🇦 · $16
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Praying for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Hyderabad but we're thinking of you.
Rooting for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Envigado.
Rooting for you. Shared this with my family. I hope July is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Mombasa.