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Start-up fund for Cesar: reopening a tailoring shop after a storm that collapsed the roof
Cesar has run a tailoring shop for fifteen years; a storm that collapsed the roof destroyed the equipment, and $1,500 will put it back on its feet.
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For fifteen years I have run a tailoring shop in Sydney. In June, 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 Friday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 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 $1,500 goes:
• Initial stock: fabric and thread: $510
• Shop repairs and licensing: $300
• Working capital for the first month: $690
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Cesar
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- Jonathan M. Tran 🇺🇸 · $25
- Daniel S. Little 🇨🇦 · $75
“Hope things get better. Hope you get the rest soon. - Winnipeg”
- Greta Sabine Engel 🇩🇪 · $20
“Wish I could do more. Gave what I could this week. - Wiesbaden”
- Esperanza A. Romero 🇪🇸 · $29
- Giovana Raquel Dantas 🇧🇷 · $20
“Wish I could do more. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Guarulhos”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $25
- Ella C. Walker 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $5
“Every little bit. Thought of Cesar all day after reading this. - Accra”
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $50
- Usha S. Srivastava 🇮🇳 · $5
- Mairead C. Collins 🇮🇪 · $100
- Madhavan Murthy 🇮🇳 · $25
- Chukwuemeka Godwin Quadri 🇳🇬 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Eva Tuva Axelsson 🇸🇪 · $10
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Wishing you the best, Cesar. Hope the shop reopens soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Sydney.
hope it all works out. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day
Wishing you peace. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Multan!