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Samuel needs a full set of tools to reopen a bicycle repair shop
Samuel has run a bicycle repair shop for nine years; a fire in the building destroyed the equipment, and $550 will put it back on its feet.
🇬🇭 Tamale, Northern, Ghana753 views
For nine years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Tamale. In February, a fire in the building took a full set of tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Tuesday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 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:
• Replacing a full set of tools: $360
• Initial stock: spare parts: $85
• Working capital for the first month: $105
Thanks for being kind about this.
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- Gonzalo B. Lara 🇺🇸 · $247.50
“Best of luck. - Houston”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $247.50
- Odhiambo Kariuki Ssebuliba 🇰🇪 · $54
“From my family to yours. From Nairobi with love. - Nairobi”
- Evelyn C. Whitfield 🇬🇧 · $50
“Be well. Hope the May deadline works out. - London”
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $25
“All the best. I'm in Mississauga, thinking of you. - Mississauga”
- Susanne Paula Graf 🇩🇪 · $25
“Hope the May deadline works out. - Cologne”
- Mathilde Charlotte Blanc 🇫🇷 · $10
- Thierry Laine 🇫🇷 · $5
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Samuel all day after reading this. - Paris”
- Amparo B. Morales 🇲🇽 · $5
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Any update on how things are going in Tamale?
It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in logistics myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Tamale.