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Start-up fund for Awino: reopening a tailoring shop after floodwater
A tailoring shop in Kasarani needs help replacing three industrial sewing machines after floodwater.
🇰🇪 Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya1,285 views
For twelve years I have run a tailoring shop in Kasarani. In October, floodwater took three industrial sewing machines. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, 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 $500 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $35
• Replacing three industrial sewing machines: $390
• Working capital for the first month: $75
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
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Any update on how things are going in Kasarani?
Keep going, Awino. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Thane.
Take care, Awino. Small businesses are the heart of Kasarani. Hope you're open again soon.
wishing you peace. Shared it with a few friends. Wish I lived closer to Aswan so I could bring a meal!