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My delivery van: Teresa's only way to earn a living
Without my delivery van Teresa can't work; a $800 repair would put her back on the road.
🇪🇸 Málaga, Andalusia, Spain999 views
I make my living with my delivery van. 4 weeks ago the transmission failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $800. 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 2 children. 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.
All money will go toward the parts and labor on the estimate, with a small amount for road tax and insurance renewal.
Where the $800 goes:
• transmission replacement (parts): $380
• Labor charges: $220
• Road tax and insurance renewal: $130
• Towing and inspection: $70
Thank you for reading my story.
- Teresa
Updates from Teresa
Update from Málaga: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 17% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Dina Fatima Abdallah 🇲🇦 · $39.50
“Thought of Teresa all day after reading this. - Mohammedia”
- Rina Kirana Sutanto 🇮🇩 · $25
- Dayo Lanre Okafor 🇳🇬 · $250
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Teresa all day after reading this. - Lagos”
- Nadeesha Hasini Ranasinghe 🇱🇰 · $15
- Gonzalo W. Macías 🇲🇽 · $25
“Hang in there. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Puebla”
- Nazrul Ratul Islam 🇬🇧 · $25
- Nazia Samina Jatoi 🇵🇰 · $10
- Hani Mega Rahman 🇮🇩 · $15
- Krzysztof Paweł Lis 🇵🇱 · $50
- Regina Cristiane Brito 🇧🇷 · $9
- Zoe B. Johnson 🇺🇸 · $30
- Julián K. Salazar 🇲🇽 · $5
- Pooja A. Tiwari 🇮🇳 · $100
“From my family to yours. Only $100 but hope it helps. - New Delhi”
- Rima Lipi Dutta 🇮🇳 · $50
- Sofía K. Sandoval 🇲🇽 · $20
“Hope things get better. Hope you get the rest soon. - Tijuana”
- Rizky Ahmad Santoso 🇮🇩 · $10
- Sajib Mohammad Talukder 🇧🇩 · $30
- Juma Rashidi Njoroge 🇺🇬 · $10
“Good luck. Hope you get the rest soon. - Jinja”
- William Wallace 🇺🇸 · $10
- Pravin H. Reddy 🇿🇦 · $5
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Hope it all works out, Teresa. Shared it with a few friends. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Ann Arbor.
Shared it with a few friends. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Málaga
Keep going. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Setagaya this morning.
Hang in there. Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Bandung but we're thinking of you. Love from Bandung.
So sorry you're going through this, Teresa. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care