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Margaret needs a cutting table and overlocker to reopen a sewing studio
A sewing studio in Kakamega needs help replacing a cutting table and overlocker after floodwater.
🇰🇪 Kakamega, Kakamega, Kenya245 views
For four years I have run a sewing studio in Kakamega. In May, floodwater took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 5 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 $250 goes:
• Initial stock: fabric: $110
• Shop repairs and licensing: $45
• Working capital for the first month: $95
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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- Gerardo A. Espinoza 🇨🇴 · $100
“God bless. Hope the August deadline works out. - Bogotá”
- Eugene E. Martinez 🇺🇸 · $8
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $5
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Margaret
So sorry you're going through this, Margaret. Hope the shop reopens soon.
Stay strong. Hope this works out for you. I hope August is when things finally get easier.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Kakamega.
hope it all works out. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Kakamega.