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Marie needs display cabinets and a cooler to reopen a flower stall
Marie lost display cabinets and a cooler to a long illness and repossession and needs $2,650 to reopen a flower stall and support the family.
🇫🇷 Île-de-France, France1,553 views
For four years I have run a flower stall in Paris. In August, a long illness and repossession took display cabinets and a cooler. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 7 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 $2,650 goes:
• Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $1,250
• Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $730
• Shop repairs and licensing: $300
• Working capital for the first month: $370
Thanks for being kind about this.
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Good luck, Marie. This could happen to any of us. It's not much but it's yours. Take care.