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Start-up fund for Charlene: reopening a neighborhood bakery after a long illness and repossession
A neighborhood bakery in Pretoria needs help replacing a commercial oven after a long illness and repossession.
🇿🇦 0000, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa1,502 views
For nine years I have run a neighborhood bakery in Pretoria. In August, a long illness and repossession took a commercial oven. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Saturday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 5 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 $1,000 goes:
• Replacing a commercial oven: $600
• Initial stock: flour, butter and sugar: $105
• Shop repairs and licensing: $155
• Working capital for the first month: $140
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from Charlene
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- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $100
- Esperanza T. Campos 🇺🇸 · $100
- Akoth Janet Mbwambo 🇰🇪 · $100
- Shawn M. Martin 🇬🇧 · $100
“Thought of Charlene all day after reading this. - Bristol”
- Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $71
“Been where you are, it gets better. - Girona”
- Hathai Manee Tangsiri 🇹🇭 · $50
- Yewande Mercy Anyanwu 🇳🇬 · $50
- Dolores H. Villalobos 🇺🇸 · $38.50
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $30
“Hang in there. Thought of Charlene all day after reading this. - Lahore”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $30
- Rashid E. Pienaar 🇿🇦 · $30
“Hope it all works out. My father told me about this one. - Sandton”
- Ángel B. Sánchez 🇺🇸 · $25
- Arjun F. Jat 🇺🇸 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Daniel Joseph Githinji 🇹🇿 · $20
- Caroline Walters 🇺🇸 · $20
- Divya H. Shetty 🇮🇳 · $20
- Rey B. Ocampo 🇵🇭 · $20
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $20
- Piper C. Vega 🇺🇸 · $20
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Rooting for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Awka.
Rooting for you, Charlene. Hope the shop reopens soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Take care, Charlene. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Charlene?
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about replacing a commercial oven, advice is welcome too. I'll keep the page updated.
Thinking of you, Charlene. This could happen to any of us. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Thinking of you and your family, Charlene. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Tarkwa!
Rooting for you, Charlene. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Pretoria.
You're not alone, Charlene. Small businesses are the heart of Pretoria. Hope you're open again soon. All the best!