Start-up fund for Lucía: reopening a sewing studio after a break-in
Lucía has run a sewing studio for three years; a break-in destroyed the equipment, and $1,250 will put it back on its feet.
Updates from Lucía
52% there. the first invoice got paid this week. Thank you.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 22% funded and I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts.
- Eli Garcia 🇺🇸 · $10
“Get well soon. I'm in Detroit, thinking of you.”
- Keith T. Long 🇨🇦 · $51
- Carolina Solís 🇺🇸 · $28
“Wishing you the best - Dayton”
- Adnan Ahmed Javed 🇵🇰 · $25
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $25
“Wishing you the best. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Liverpool”
- Joy Rakib Mia 🇧🇩 · $50
- Sri Indah Pratama 🇮🇩 · $10
“From Bekasi with love.”
- Kyung-soo Si-woo Choi 🇰🇷 · $15
“Blessings - Mapo”
- Ayu Yuni Susanto 🇮🇩 · $20
“God bless. Been where you're, it gets better. - Bekasi”
- Ethan Cousin 🇫🇷 · $10
“Thinking of you. Shared with friends too. - Paris”
- Nazrul Imran Bose 🇧🇩 · $5
- Waweru Samuel Simiyu 🇹🇿 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Malathi N. Krishnamurthy 🇮🇳 · $15
“Hope this helps. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Mumbai”
- Wyatt K. Chavez 🇺🇸 · $75
“From my family to yours. From Oakland with love.”
- Clara Quincy 🇺🇸 · $25
- Ebo Abdul 🇬🇭 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $200
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $20
“Get well soon. From Abuja with love.”
- Maud Scholten 🇳🇱 · $38.50
“I'm in Amsterdam, thinking of you.”
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any chance of seeing the equipment quote?
I do, the equipment quote is with the HelpBLESS team. Happy to answer anything else about it. Thanks, that means a lot.
hang in there, Lucía. Hope this works out for you.
Keep going, Lucía. This could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Veracruz.
Thank you. If you're in Veracruz I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Good question.
Thinking of you and your family, Lucía. Small businesses are the heart of Veracruz. Hope you're open again soon. Love from Jakarta Selatan
Any update on how things are going in Veracruz?
our local community center has an emergency fund, might be worth asking them.
Thanks for sharing this, Lucía. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Veracruz
Rooting for you. This could happen to any of us. All the best.
Sending love. Hope you get there.
This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day