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Start-up fund for Eun-woo: reopening a flower stall after a break-in

Eun-woo lost display cabinets and a cooler to a break-in and needs $2,800 to reopen a flower stall and support the family.

🇰🇷 Mapo, Seoul, South Korea2,144 views
Eun-woo Ki-tae Ryu
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Mapo
For twelve years I have run a flower stall in Mapo. In September, a break-in took display cabinets and a cooler. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 2 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. Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go. Where the $2,800 goes: • Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $1,950 • Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $390 • Shop repairs and licensing: $260 • Working capital for the first month: $200 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Eun-woo
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Eun-woo

  1. Small update. $1,470 so far, I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing.

  2. Update from Mapo: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 33% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Hope it all works out. Thought of Eun-woo all day after reading this. - London”

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  • Lucía G. GutiérrezQuestion

    is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Eun-woo.

    • Eun-woo Ki-tae RyuOwnerAnswer

      Sure. The biggest one is replacing display cabinets and a cooler, $1,950. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. It helps to be asked.

  • Naveed Sheikh

    Sending love, Eun-woo. I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Mapo

    • Samuel Mugisha Mugisha

      Thinking of you. Looking forward to the next update. After 18 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Mapo.

      • Hanna Claesson

        You're not alone. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care.

        • Evi Maas

          Thanks for sharing this, Eun-woo. Shared this with my family

          • Rashmi M. Sethi

            Best of luck. This could happen to any of us. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Greetings from Auckland.

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