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Start-up fund for Lata: reopening a tailoring shop after floodwater
Lata has run a tailoring shop for fifteen years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $500 will put it back on its feet.
🇮🇳 Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India272 views
For fifteen years I have run a tailoring shop in Agra. In February, floodwater took three industrial sewing machines. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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 $500 goes:
• Replacing three industrial sewing machines: $260
• Initial stock: fabric and thread: $60
• Shop repairs and licensing: $45
• Working capital for the first month: $135
With deep gratitude,
Lata
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Sending strength, Lata. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Agra.