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Santiago needs three industrial sewing machines to reopen a tailoring shop

Santiago has run a tailoring shop for fifteen years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $4,800 will put it back on its feet.

🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States3,618 views
Santiago E. Carrillo
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For fifteen years I have run a tailoring shop in Chicago. In May, floodwater took three industrial sewing machines. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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 $4,800 goes: • Initial stock: fabric and thread: $460 • Working capital for the first month: $700 • Replacing three industrial sewing machines: $3,640 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.

Updates from Santiago

  1. Thank you all. We're at 53% now ($2,554). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Quick update: $1,370 raised so far (29%). the plan for working capital for the first month is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $250

    “Hang in there. - Maringá”

  • Okello Kimani Mutebi 🇰🇪 · $250
  • Marwan Ali Mourad 🇪🇬 · $200

    “Good luck. Only $200 but hope it helps.”

  • Yolanda N. Peña 🇲🇽 · $200
  • Otávio Davi Souza 🇧🇷 · $200

    “Praying for you. - Juiz de Fora”

  • Konstantina Aikaterini Theodorou 🇬🇷 · $100

    “Every little bit. Gave what I could this week. - Athens”

  • Dalia Taghreed Slimani 🇸🇦 · $100

    “Hope it all works out - Medina”

  • Chinedu Musa Odukoya 🇳🇬 · $100
  • Sônia Fernanda Cunha 🇧🇷 · $100

    “Wishing you the best. Saw your post and had to give. - São Paulo”

  • Walid Anwar Trabelsi 🇪🇸 · $100
  • Juan M. Nava 🇲🇽 · $100

    “God bless. I'm in Iztapalapa, thinking of you. - Iztapalapa”

  • Isaac G. Carroll 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Chiamaka Chiamaka Nwachukwu 🇳🇬 · $80

    “From my family to yours. My colleague told me about this one. - Awka”

  • Francis Pineda 🇵🇭 · $79.50
  • Eliana J. Avila 🇬🇧 · $75

    “Take care of yourselves. Hope the August deadline works out. - Manchester”

  • James S. Nash 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $75

    “Get well soon. - Quetta”

  • Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $75

    “Small amount but sent with love. - Arusha”

  • Faisal Tariq Farooqi 🇵🇰 · $72.50
  • Zelalem Tadesse Gebre 🇪🇹 · $64.50

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  • Hope this works out for you. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Lviv

    • Mukesh G. GillQuestionPhoto verified

      is initial stock: fabric and thread the biggest cost or is there more coming?

      • Santiago E. CarrilloOwnerAnswerPhoto verified

        The list at the bottom is the whole picture. initial stock: fabric and thread is the biggest at $460.

    • Hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Chicago.

      • Good luck, Santiago. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

        • Justyna Lena SobczakPhoto verified

          Hang in there, Santiago. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care

          • hope things get better soon. Looking forward to the next update. Put this on a community board in Los Angeles this morning. Greetings from Los Angeles.

            $4,682.50 raised of $4,800

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