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Samuel needs a gas stove and two refrigerators to reopen a street-food cart
A street-food cart in Calamba needs help replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators after a fire in the building.
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For nine years I have run a street-food cart in Calamba. In November, a fire in the building 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 Saturday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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 $250 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $65
• Initial stock: ingredients: $115
• Working capital for the first month: $70
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Samuel
Updates from Samuel
Good news. Because of your gifts ($143 in total) I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Small update. $59 so far, I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts.
Update from Calamba: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 8% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Manoel Marcelo Lopes 🇧🇷 · $50
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Samuel all day after reading this. - São Paulo”
- Anonymous 🇯🇵 · $50
- Emery M. Lynch 🇬🇧 · $39
- Débora Valentina Fonseca 🇧🇷 · $20
- Majid Zaid Tawfik 🇲🇦 · $10
- Beau Jackson 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anum Warraich 🇵🇰 · $9
“Only $9 but hope it helps. - Gujranwala”
- Zeynep Ecrin Erdoğan 🇹🇷 · $5
- Scarlett Marshall 🇺🇸 · $5
“From my family to yours. Only $5 but hope it helps. - Philadelphia”
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Thinking of you and your family, Samuel. Small businesses are the heart of Calamba. Hope you're open again soon. After 26 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Gatineau.
good luck, Samuel. Small businesses are the heart of Calamba. Hope you're open again soon. I hope March is when things finally get easier.
Keep going. Hope you make a strong comeback. Greetings from Newcastle.
Thinking of you and your family. Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Calamba.
Hope the shop reopens soon. Put this on a community board in San Francisco this morning. All the best.