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Start-up fund for Yaroslav: reopening a phone repair counter after a long illness and repossession
A phone repair counter in Saint Petersburg needs help replacing a soldering station and testing tools after a long illness and repossession.
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For nine years I have run a phone repair counter in Saint Petersburg. In January, a long illness and repossession 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 Sunday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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 $850 goes:
• Replacing a soldering station and testing tools: $520
• Initial stock: replacement parts: $100
• Shop repairs and licensing: $140
• Working capital for the first month: $90
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
Updates from Yaroslav
Wanted to say thank you properly. 22% funded and I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing.
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“Blessings. Small amount but sent with love. - Magelang”
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- Tameka E. Facey 🇯🇲 · $10
- Wahyu Ilham Tan 🇮🇩 · $100
“Stay strong. My mother told me about this one. - Bogor”
- Ronke Adaeze Okoro 🇳🇬 · $10
“Thought of Yaroslav all day after reading this.”
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Rooting for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out.
stay strong, Yaroslav. Shared this with my family. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Newcastle.
Good luck, Yaroslav. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Saint Petersburg.