Start-up fund for Salvatore: reopening a tailoring shop after a break-in

Updates from Salvatore

1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($656 in total) I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

2. We're at 13% thanks to 10 of you. the plan for replacing three industrial sewing machines is now scheduled. More news soon.

• Malak Manal Metwally 🇸🇦 · $30

  “Wishing you the best. Thought of Salvatore all day after reading this. - Dammam”

• Zofia Mazur 🇵🇱 · $10

  “Hope this helps. Saw your post and had to give. - Poznań”

• Raquel Viviane Siqueira 🇧🇷 · $50
• Priyanka C. Chettiar 🇮🇳 · $43
• Cláudio Gustavo Costa 🇧🇷 · $10
• Mansi A. Vyas 🇮🇳 · $10

  “Hope this helps. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Patna”

• Hussain Shahid Lashari 🇵🇰 · $75
• Avraham Guy Friedman 🇮🇱 · $100
• Irena Magdalena Pietrzak 🇵🇱 · $20
• Daria Yulia Tkachuk 🇷🇺 · $40.50
• Aarti Walia 🇮🇳 · $10
• Arianna R. Patterson 🇺🇸 · $50
• Ishita H. Sidhu 🇮🇳 · $50

  “Good luck. Thought of Salvatore all day after reading this. - Durgapur”

• Rasika Wijesinghe 🇱🇰 · $11

  “Stay strong. Hope the October deadline works out. - Kandy”

• Sarah Barbier 🇨🇦 · $50

  “Every little bit. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Sherbrooke”

• Lipi Tithi Alam 🇮🇳 · $5
• Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25

  “Good luck. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Hialeah”

• Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $25
• Frank Ortiz 🇺🇸 · $50.50
• Soledad C. Rivera 🇺🇸 · $15

  “Praying for you - Fayetteville”

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  Deborah E. Luna

  Good luck, Salvatore. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 18 people at work. Love from London
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  Daniel Mwangi Omondi

  thanks for sharing this, Salvatore. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care