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Start-up fund for Blessing: reopening a small grocery stall after a fire in the building
Blessing lost a cold-storage unit to a fire in the building and needs $500 to reopen a small grocery stall and support the family.
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For six years I have run a small grocery stall in Gwagwalada. In April, a fire in the building took a cold-storage unit. 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 6 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:
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $230
• Initial stock: fresh produce: $125
• Shop repairs and licensing: $45
• Working capital for the first month: $100
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Blessing
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So sorry you're going through this. Shared it with a few friends. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Lahore.
Take care. Shared this with my family. Love from Jacksonville.
Hope it all works out, Blessing. This could happen to any of us. Love from İzmir.
Keep going, Blessing. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless
sending love, Blessing. Hope you make a strong comeback