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Start-up fund for Decha: reopening a small grocery stall after floodwater
Decha has run a small grocery stall for four years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $1,100 will put it back on its feet.
🇹🇭 Chiang Mai, Thailand1,028 views
For four years I have run a small grocery stall in Chiang Mai. In April, floodwater took a cold-storage unit. 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 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.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $1,100 goes:
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $630
• Initial stock: fresh produce: $175
• Shop repairs and licensing: $60
• Working capital for the first month: $235
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Decha
Updates from Decha
44% there. the plan for replacing a cold-storage unit is now scheduled. Thank you.
Small update. $255 so far, the plan for shop repairs and licensing is now scheduled.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 14% funded and I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. - Decha
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You're not alone, Decha. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up. Blessings
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Decha?
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Nashik.
Hang in there, Decha. Hope you make a strong comeback. Put this on a community board in Dallas this morning. Blessings.
Praying for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We're a small family in Rajkot but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Chiang Mai.
Praying for you, Decha. This could happen to any of us.
Small businesses are the heart of Chiang Mai. Hope you're open again soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.
Thinking of you, Decha. Hope the shop reopens soon. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Tiruchirappalli.