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Mila needs a freezer and scales to reopen a fish stall
Mila has run a fish stall for three years; a long illness and repossession destroyed the equipment, and $3,800 will put it back on its feet.
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands3,865 views
For three years I have run a fish stall in Amsterdam. In January, a long illness and repossession took a freezer and scales. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 2 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 $3,800 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $440
• Initial stock: the first catch: $910
• Replacing a freezer and scales: $2,450
Thanks for reading all this.
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Is there anything that isn't money that would help Mila?
Keep going. Hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too
sending love, Mila. Hope the shop reopens soon. Wish I lived closer to San Antonio so I could bring a meal
How is Mila doing now?
Hope it all works out. Hope this works out for you. Love from Narayanganj.
Small businesses are the heart of Amsterdam. Hope you're open again soon. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Amsterdam.
sending good thoughts, Mila. Hope the shop reopens soon.
hope it all works out. Hope the shop reopens soon. All the best.
Thanks for sharing this, Mila. Hope you make a strong comeback. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Alcalá de Henares.
Sending strength, Mila. Hope the shop reopens soon. Love from London!
Sending strength, Mila. Shared it with a few friends.
Shared it with a few friends. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Amsterdam.
So sorry you're going through this, Mila. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
This could happen to any of us. Love from Ribeirão Preto
wishing you peace, Mila. Hope the shop reopens soon.
Small businesses are the heart of Amsterdam. Hope you're open again soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Brasília
Stay strong, Mila. Shared this with my family. I'm in social work myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Amsterdam
Stay strong, Mila. Looking forward to the next update. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
Hope it all works out, Mila. Hope you make a strong comeback