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Start-up fund for Isaiah: reopening a phone repair counter after a storm that collapsed the roof
Isaiah has run a phone repair counter for fifteen years; a storm that collapsed the roof destroyed the equipment, and $4,600 will put it back on its feet.
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For fifteen years I have run a phone repair counter in Flint. In August, a storm that collapsed the roof took a soldering station and testing tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Thursday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 6 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 $4,600 goes:
• Replacing a soldering station and testing tools: $3,100
• Initial stock: replacement parts: $470
• Shop repairs and licensing: $460
• Working capital for the first month: $570
Thanks for reading all this.
- Isaiah
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Thinking of you. Small businesses are the heart of Flint. Hope you're open again soon. Wish I lived closer to Augsburg so I could bring a meal. Love from Riverside
thinking of you and your family, Isaiah. Looking forward to the next update. I hope November is when things finally get easier. God bless.
You're not alone, Isaiah. I hope things turn around soon. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care.
Good luck, Isaiah. I hope things turn around soon. Love from Quezon City.
Thinking of you and your family. Looking forward to the next update. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings.
Wishing you the best. Gave what I could, wish it was more. After 26 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Wiesbaden
hope things get better soon, Isaiah. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Flint.
Sending love, Isaiah. This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in Kraków but we're thinking of you. God bless.