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Start-up fund for Pavithra: reopening a sewing studio after a break-in
Pavithra has run a sewing studio for nine years; a break-in destroyed the equipment, and $550 will put it back on its feet.
🇮🇳 Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India990 views
For nine years I have run a sewing studio in Muzaffarpur. In May, a break-in took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 1 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 $550 goes:
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $270
• Initial stock: fabric: $105
• Shop repairs and licensing: $90
• Working capital for the first month: $85
Glad we found this place.
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- Kylie W. Hayes 🇺🇸 · $100
“Hope it all works out. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Louisville”
- Camille L. Bailey 🇯🇲 · $30
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $30
“Thought of Pavithra all day after reading this.”
- Irena Karolina Zając 🇵🇱 · $5
“Every little bit. - Gliwice”
- Atul Parikh 🇮🇳 · $10
- Shirley G. Lambert 🇬🇧 · $50
“God bless. Hope the September deadline works out. - Birmingham”
- Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $25
- Akoth Namukasa Kariuki 🇰🇪 · $10
- Salma Zahra Zerrouki 🇪🇬 · $10
- Irene Rita Tetteh 🇬🇭 · $50
“Hope things get better. I'm in Obuasi, thinking of you.”
- Carolina R. Vega 🇲🇽 · $10
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