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Rakesh needs a gas stove and two refrigerators to reopen a street-food cart
Rakesh lost a gas stove and two refrigerators to the demolition of the market and needs $550 to reopen a street-food cart and support the family.
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For nine years I have run a street-food cart in Dwarka. In August, the demolition of the market took a gas stove and two refrigerators. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 3 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 $550 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $45
• Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $450
• Shop repairs and licensing: $55
Thank you for reading my story.
Updates from Rakesh
Wanted to say thank you properly. 27% funded and we've started the first stage. - Rakesh
- Tommaso Serra 🇮🇹 · $20
- Victor Kayode Abdullahi 🇳🇬 · $20
- Fernando Ángel Delgado 🇺🇸 · $15
“Sending love. My neighbor told me about this one. - Houston”
- Deepak D. Jain 🇺🇸 · $20
“Stay strong. Thought of Rakesh all day after reading this. - San Francisco”
- Roberto N. Orozco 🇪🇸 · $20
“Thinking of you. From Móstoles with love. - Móstoles”
- Blessing Lola Okonkwo 🇳🇬 · $25
- Khadija Basma Nassar 🇫🇷 · $10
- Vy Kim Bui 🇺🇸 · $16.50
“Blessings. Thought of Rakesh all day after reading this. - Oakland”
- Guilherme Antônio Araújo 🇧🇷 · $5
- Jessica K. Mokoena 🇿🇦 · $200
- Günter Müller 🇩🇪 · $30
- Santiago Arias 🇪🇸 · $25
- Mohan E. Ramachandran 🇮🇳 · $20
- Senthil G. Rao 🇮🇳 · $10
- Florence Lilian Mwende 🇹🇿 · $20
- Nneka Ngozi Uba 🇳🇬 · $30
“Hang in there. My mother told me about this one. - Benin City”
- Dhanush S. Menon 🇮🇳 · $50
- Guadalupe M. Muñoz 🇨🇴 · $30
- Orhan Ahmet Koç 🇹🇷 · $25
- Milon Mohammad Bose 🇧🇩 · $10
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Wishing you the best. Shared this with my family. Love from Springfield.
rooting for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. We're a small family in Leipzig but we're thinking of you.
Hope the shop reopens soon. Wish I lived closer to Lyon so I could bring a meal. Blessings