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Start-up fund for Karanja: reopening a sewing studio after a fire in the building
Karanja lost a cutting table and overlocker to a fire in the building and needs $400 to reopen a sewing studio and support the family.
🇺🇬 Central Region, Uganda840 views
For fifteen years I have run a sewing studio in Entebbe. In October, a fire in the building took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Saturday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 7 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 $400 goes:
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $240
• Initial stock: fabric: $70
• Shop repairs and licensing: $50
• Working capital for the first month: $40
Glad we found this place.
- Karanja
Updates from Karanja
Good news. Because of your gifts ($80 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Óscar C. Cordero 🇲🇽 · $18
“Happy to help. Thought of Karanja all day after reading this.”
- Autumn N. Collins 🇦🇺 · $100
“Good luck - Parramatta”
- Charlotte Navarro 🇬🇧 · $20
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Elke Nina Becker 🇩🇪 · $10
“Sending love - Frankfurt”
- Gerald K. Crawford 🇨🇦 · $5
“Be well. Thought of Karanja all day after reading this. - Mississauga”
- Natalia J. Valdez 🇦🇷 · $15
“Thinking of you. From Mar del Plata with love.”
- Karim Rashid Zidan 🇲🇦 · $25
“Hang in there. From Casablanca with love.”
- Quinn L. Hughes 🇬🇧 · $25
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wishing you peace, Karanja. Your post was clear and honest. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.
Rooting for you, Karanja. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Duque de Caxias.
Hope you make a strong comeback. Love from San Jose.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Karanja
Replacing a cutting table and overlocker is $240 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Fair thing to want to know.
Hang in there, Karanja. Hope you make a strong comeback. Please keep us posted. All the best
Hope you make a strong comeback. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings.
Thinking of you. Hope you make a strong comeback. Wish I lived closer to Orlando so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Montréal.