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Start-up fund for Carmela: reopening a phone repair counter after a fire in the building

Carmela has run a phone repair counter for four years; a fire in the building destroyed the equipment, and $550 will put it back on its feet.

🇵🇭 Philippines790 views
Carmela K. Gonzales
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Quezon City
For four years I have run a phone repair counter in Quezon City. In August, a fire in the building took a soldering station and testing tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 4 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 $550 goes: • Replacing a soldering station and testing tools: $320 • Initial stock: replacement parts: $100 • Shop repairs and licensing: $40 • Working capital for the first month: $90 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.

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  • Mercedes G. Flores 🇪🇸 · $100

    “Hope things get better. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Móstoles”

  • Yann Moreau 🇫🇷 · $100

    “Be well. Been where you're, it gets better. - Reims”

  • Paloma P. Cortés 🇺🇸 · $75

    “Sending love. Thought of Carmela all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”

  • Jihan Dewi Setiawan 🇮🇩 · $50

    “You got this. From Semarang with love. - Semarang”

  • Sharon F. Johnson 🇺🇸 · $37

    “Happy to help. Only $37 but hope it helps. - San Jose”

  • Selin Feyza Güler 🇹🇷 · $30
  • Babatunde Michael Hassan 🇳🇬 · $28
  • Haris Eko Purnomo 🇮🇩 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $25
  • Anaïs Hélène Simon 🇫🇷 · $19
  • José J. Martínez 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Sami Zakaria Fahmy 🇸🇦 · $10

    “Thought of Carmela all day after reading this. - Dammam”

  • Wekesa Omondi Kiprop 🇹🇿 · $10
  • Tomás L. Nava 🇪🇸 · $10

    “All the best. Small amount but sent with love. - Seville”

  • Pooja Januka Neupane 🇳🇵 · $10
  • Marina Iryna Alexandrov 🇺🇦 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $5

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  • Keep going, Carmela. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 10 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything!

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