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Start-up fund for Bukola: reopening a tailoring shop after a storm that collapsed the roof
Bukola lost three industrial sewing machines to a storm that collapsed the roof and needs $250 to reopen a tailoring shop and support the family.
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For fifteen years I have run a tailoring shop in Zaria. In November, a storm that collapsed the roof took three industrial sewing machines. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Thursday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $250 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $90
• Working capital for the first month: $40
• Initial stock: fabric and thread: $120
If you're reading this, thank you.
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Stay strong. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Surabaya
stay strong. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Cologne this morning. God bless.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Zaria
Thank you. If you're in Zaria I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Ask me anything else.
Sending good thoughts, Bukola. Small businesses are the heart of Zaria. Hope you're open again soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Zaria.
Take care. Hope you make a strong comeback.
Rooting for you. Small businesses are the heart of Zaria. Hope you're open again soon. It's not much but it's yours. God bless
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Bukola
Sure. The biggest one is shop repairs and licensing, $90. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Ask me anything else.
You're not alone, Bukola. Hope you make a strong comeback.
Sending strength, Bukola. This could happen to any of us
Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Mukono.
Thinking of you and your family, Bukola. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Zaria
Thinking of you and your family. Hope you make a strong comeback. Take care.
You're not alone. Shared this with my family. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.