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Start-up fund for Chiamaka: reopening a bicycle repair shop after a storm that collapsed the roof
Chiamaka has run a bicycle repair shop for twelve years; a storm that collapsed the roof destroyed the equipment, and $400 will put it back on its feet.
🇳🇬 Anambra, Nigeria980 views
For twelve years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Onitsha. In May, a storm that collapsed the roof took a full set of tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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 $400 goes:
• Replacing a full set of tools: $135
• Initial stock: spare parts: $135
• Shop repairs and licensing: $80
• Working capital for the first month: $50
Thanks for reading all this.
- Chiamaka
Updates from Chiamaka
We're at 14% thanks to 3 of you. I made the first payment toward initial stock: spare parts. More news soon.
Quick update: $45 raised so far (11%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Chiamaka
- Anonymous 🇳🇵 · $77.50
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- Fitri Lestari Suharto 🇮🇩 · $25
- Karina G. Ruiz 🇺🇸 · $20
- Taras Nikolai Ilyin 🇷🇺 · $10
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Sending love, Chiamaka. Small businesses are the heart of Onitsha. Hope you're open again soon. Thinking of Onitsha.
Thanks for sharing this. Hope the shop reopens soon. It's not much but it's yours.
Hope you make a strong comeback. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Sending strength, Chiamaka. Hope you make a strong comeback. Put this on a community board in Aurangabad this morning. Blessings.
Sending strength. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like!
Keep going, Chiamaka. Hope you make a strong comeback. Love from Joliet.