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Lavanya needs two washing machines and a dryer to reopen a laundry service
Lavanya has run a laundry service for four years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $500 will put it back on its feet.
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For four years I have run a laundry service in Chennai. In October, floodwater 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 Thursday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 4 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 $500 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $35
• Initial stock: detergent and packaging: $120
• Replacing two washing machines and a dryer: $345
If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
- Lavanya
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- Sandesh H. Kelkar 🇮🇳 · $50
“Hope it all works out. Hope the February deadline works out. - Pune”
- Lakshmi Chathurika Jayasuriya 🇱🇰 · $10
“Praying for you. From Galle with love.”
- Luca D. Ashworth 🇺🇸 · $20
- Torsten Hellström 🇸🇪 · $25
“Happy to help. Hope you get the rest soon. - Uppsala”
- Lina Said 🇸🇦 · $40
- Amal Sara Qureshi 🇪🇬 · $20
“God bless. From Shubra with love. - Shubra”
- Leonardo C. Hoffman 🇬🇧 · $5
- Zoya Zoya Volkov 🇷🇺 · $25
- Sneha T. Karandikar 🇮🇳 · $20
“Good luck. Gave what I could this week. - Kolkata”
- Gaurav M. Sachdeva 🇮🇳 · $25
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So sorry you're going through this, Lavanya. Hope you get there. After 17 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Dublin.
Hope it all works out. This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Hialeah so I could bring a meal.
Thinking of you and your family, Lavanya. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. All the best.
Thinking of you. Hope you get there. Love from Badagry.
how is Lavanya doing now?
I hope things turn around soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. All the best!
Hope it all works out, Lavanya. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Wish I lived closer to Lucknow so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Chennai.
Hang in there, Lavanya. Small businesses are the heart of Chennai. Hope you're open again soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. God bless.
Praying for you, Lavanya. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Moscow.