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Start-up fund for Zara: reopening a tailoring shop after a break-in
A tailoring shop in Karachi needs help replacing three industrial sewing machines after a break-in.
🇵🇰 Pakistan1,624 views
For six years I have run a tailoring shop in Karachi. In August, a break-in took three industrial sewing machines. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 6 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 $350 goes:
• Replacing three industrial sewing machines: $150
• Initial stock: fabric and thread: $50
• Shop repairs and licensing: $75
• Working capital for the first month: $75
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Zara
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sending good thoughts, Zara. Hope this works out for you. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Blessings.
So sorry you're going through this, Zara. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Karachi!