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Start-up fund for Isla: reopening a bicycle repair shop after a fire in the building
Isla lost a full set of tools to a fire in the building and needs $3,050 to reopen a bicycle repair shop and support the family.
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For three years I have run a bicycle repair shop in London. In May, a fire in the building took a full set of tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Thursday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 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 $3,050 goes:
• Initial stock: spare parts: $360
• Shop repairs and licensing: $280
• Replacing a full set of tools: $2,410
If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
- Isla
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- Yusuf Mahmoud Ghanem 🇪🇬 · $75
“Good luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Alexandria”
- Jemima Patience Amponsah 🇬🇭 · $200
- Walter D. Phillips 🇺🇸 · $5
- Dorcas Aisha Kiptoo 🇰🇪 · $20
“Take care of yourselves. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Eldoret”
- Pedro E. Magsaysay 🇵🇭 · $5
- Efe Temitope Zakari 🇳🇬 · $5
- Guilherme Enzo Dias 🇧🇷 · $3
- Arun A. Somayajula 🇮🇳 · $50
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Isla all day after reading this. - Rohini”
- Sun-woo Jun-seo Kim 🇺🇸 · $50
“God bless. My cousin told me about this one. - Yonkers”
- Piotr Jerzy Wiśniewski 🇵🇱 · $100
“Thinking of you. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Katowice”
- Shuvo Mohammad Paul 🇧🇩 · $20
- Vikas C. Gill 🇮🇳 · $25
- Angela Woods 🇺🇸 · $10
- Kevin N. Collins 🇺🇸 · $30
- Anonymous 🇸🇪 · $80
- Rubina Sumbal Tarar 🇵🇰 · $100
- Lệ Ngọc Dao 🇻🇳 · $25
- Janani F. Murthy 🇮🇳 · $100
- Justine Maëlle Renard 🇲🇦 · $25
“Thought of Isla all day after reading this. - Casablanca”
- Salma Zahra Gaber 🇪🇬 · $10
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Take care, Isla. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 20 years in social work I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Blessings.
praying for you, Isla. This could happen to any of us. Blessings.
hope this works out for you. Love from Rotterdam.
Hope things get better soon, Isla. Hope you get there. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings
Take care. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. All the best.
Sending love, Isla. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Gazipur
Take care. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings.
Thinking of you and your family, Isla. Shared it with a few friends. God bless.
Best of luck. This could happen to any of us. Love from Mississauga.
Take care. Hope the shop reopens soon. After 30 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Kyiv.