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Start-up fund for Swati: reopening a sewing studio after the demolition of the market
A sewing studio in Pune needs help replacing a cutting table and overlocker after the demolition of the market.
🇮🇳 Pune, Maharashtra, India677 views
For fifteen years I have run a sewing studio in Pune. In July, the demolition of the market took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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 $550 goes:
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $240
• Initial stock: fabric: $140
• Shop repairs and licensing: $60
• Working capital for the first month: $110
Thank you so much.
Updates from Swati
Quick update: $70 raised so far (13%). the plan for initial stock: fabric is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Rahul C. Tripathi 🇮🇳 · $25
- Elijah Palmer 🇨🇦 · $71
- Ryan D. Steele 🇺🇸 · $15
- Omolara Olawale 🇳🇬 · $15
- Daniela Valentina Nascimento 🇧🇷 · $5
- Harold R. Bryant 🇬🇧 · $50
- Shreya J. Sathe 🇮🇳 · $10
- Shazia Shazia Memon 🇵🇰 · $20
- Marcos C. Aguilar 🇺🇸 · $20
- Divya N. Gowda 🇮🇳 · $10
- Chloe L. Crawford 🇬🇧 · $10
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looking forward to the next update. My neighbor in Brest donated after I showed her your page. All the best
thanks for sharing this. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Hồ Chí Minh City.
Wishing you peace. Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Mississauga so I could bring a meal.