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Shilpa needs a freezer and scales to reopen a fish stall
Shilpa has run a fish stall for nine years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $2,550 will put it back on its feet.
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada3,486 views
For nine years I have run a fish stall in Mississauga. In August, floodwater took a freezer and scales. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, 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 $2,550 goes:
• Replacing a freezer and scales: $960
• Initial stock: the first catch: $800
• Shop repairs and licensing: $490
• Working capital for the first month: $300
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Shilpa
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this could happen to any of us. We're a small family in Bengaluru but we're thinking of you. God bless.
Wishing you peace. Shared this with my family. Love from Istanbul.
thanks for sharing this, Shilpa. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did
Hope you make a strong comeback. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Mérida.
Stay strong. Hope the shop reopens soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Accra.
Best of luck. Small businesses are the heart of Mississauga. Hope you're open again soon. Blessings.
thanks for sharing this, Shilpa. Gave what I could, wish it was more. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Faisalabad
You're not alone, Shilpa. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 10 years in accounting I know how hard it's to ask for anything