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Start-up fund for Mia: reopening a sewing studio after floodwater
A sewing studio in Hannover needs help replacing a cutting table and overlocker after floodwater.
🇩🇪 Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany1,544 views
For twelve years I have run a sewing studio in Hannover. In January, floodwater took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 4 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 $1,100 goes:
• Initial stock: fabric: $290
• Shop repairs and licensing: $440
• Working capital for the first month: $370
Thanks for reading all this.
- Mia
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