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Start-up fund for Viviane: reopening a phone repair counter after floodwater
A phone repair counter in São Paulo needs help replacing a soldering station and testing tools after floodwater.
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For three years I have run a phone repair counter in São Paulo. In November, floodwater took a soldering station and testing tools. 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.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $950 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $80
• Replacing a soldering station and testing tools: $680
• Shop repairs and licensing: $190
I hope life is good to you.
- Viviane
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is there anything that isn't money that would help Viviane?
stay strong. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Small businesses are the heart of São Paulo. Hope you're open again soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Viviane.
It's all in the list in the story. working capital for the first month is the big one at $80, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Thanks for asking.
Wishing you the best, Viviane. Hope this works out for you. We're a small family in Nijmegen but we're thinking of you.
wishing you peace. Hope you make a strong comeback. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of São Paulo.
Hang in there, Viviane. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of São Paulo
thanks for sharing this. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of São Paulo.