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Start-up fund for Tommaso: reopening a sewing studio after a storm that collapsed the roof
A sewing studio in Messina needs help replacing a cutting table and overlocker after a storm that collapsed the roof.
🇮🇹 Messina, Sicily, Italy2,833 views
For nine years I have run a sewing studio in Messina. In July, a storm that collapsed the roof 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 2 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $2,250 goes:
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $1,200
• Working capital for the first month: $470
• Initial stock: fabric: $580
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted
Shared it with a few friends. We're a small family in Port Harcourt but we're thinking of you
A colleague of mine might know someone for this in Sicily. I'll ask around and let you know!
Thinking of you and your family, Tommaso. Hope you make a strong comeback. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.
hope you make a strong comeback. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Quezon City
hope things get better soon, Tommaso. This could happen to any of us. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Howrah.
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Messina.
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about replacing a cutting table and overlocker, advice is welcome too. Thanks for looking so closely.
Sending strength. Gave what I could, wish it was more. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Messina.
Sending good thoughts. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Nuremberg.
Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Jeddah.
Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to San Nicolás de los Garza so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Messina.
Hang in there, Tommaso. Hope the shop reopens soon. Take care.
Hang in there, Tommaso. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Messina.
Sending love, Tommaso. Small businesses are the heart of Messina. Hope you're open again soon. Greetings from Accra.