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Start-up fund for Alamin: reopening a laundry service after a break-in
Alamin has run a laundry service for three years; a break-in destroyed the equipment, and $350 will put it back on its feet.
🇧🇩 Khulna, Khulna, Bangladesh1,352 views
For three years I have run a laundry service in Khulna. In June, a break-in took two washing machines and a dryer. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Thursday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 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 $350 goes:
• Initial stock: detergent and packaging: $80
• Working capital for the first month: $70
• Replacing two washing machines and a dryer: $200
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Alamin
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- Teresa T. Ibáñez 🇦🇷 · $10
“Hope things get better - Rosario”
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- Zlata Natalia Polyakov 🇺🇦 · $25
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Alamin all day after reading this. - Kyiv”
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“Keep your head up. Shared with friends too. - Aurora”
- Phượng Liên Cao 🇻🇳 · $100
“Best of luck - Da Nang”
- Barasa James Wafula 🇰🇪 · $70
- Amanda Luciana Pacheco 🇧🇷 · $50
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Wishing you the best, Alamin. Gave what I could, wish it was more. All the best.
wishing you the best, Alamin. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best.
Sending good thoughts. Small businesses are the heart of Khulna. Hope you're open again soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. God bless.
Best of luck, Alamin. Hope the shop reopens soon.
So sorry you're going through this, Alamin. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too