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Thijs needs a gas stove and two refrigerators to reopen a street-food cart

Thijs has run a street-food cart for fifteen years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $2,150 will put it back on its feet.

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Thijs Stijn Prins
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The Hague
For fifteen years I have run a street-food cart in The Hague. In June, floodwater took a gas stove and two refrigerators. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 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 $2,150 goes: • Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $1,100 • Working capital for the first month: $290 • Initial stock: ingredients: $760 Thank you so much. - Thijs
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Thijs

  1. We're at 27% thanks to 13 of you. the plan for replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators is now scheduled. More news soon.

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  • Ruwini Nilmini Seneviratne 🇱🇰 · $200

    “Blessings. Thought of Thijs all day after reading this. - Kandy”

  • Tadhg MacKenna 🇮🇪 · $100
  • Hadley H. Tillman 🇬🇧 · $100
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  • Anonymous 🇳🇵 · $68
  • Gonzalo B. Guerrero 🇲🇽 · $62.50
  • Ignacio G. Ávila 🇪🇸 · $50

    “Be well. Thought of Thijs all day after reading this. - Móstoles”

  • Thomas S. Aguilar 🇦🇺 · $50
  • Lin Lei Tian 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Ryan Wade 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Nikos Petros Makris 🇬🇷 · $49.50
  • Peter Omondi Onyango 🇰🇪 · $41.50
  • Dipika G. Zaveri 🇮🇳 · $37

    “Stay strong. Thought of Thijs all day after reading this.”

  • Henok Wondimu Jemal 🇪🇹 · $30
  • Yiannis Antonios Ioannou 🇬🇷 · $30

    “Thought of Thijs all day after reading this. - Thessaloniki”

  • Océane Maëlle Olivier 🇨🇦 · $30

    “All the best. I'm in Regina, thinking of you. - Regina”

  • Deepa C. Chaturvedi 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Sending love. Thought of Thijs all day after reading this.”

  • Randall H. Parks 🇺🇸 · $21.50

    “Stay strong. Only $22 but hope it helps. - Sacramento”

  • Irene Santos 🇺🇸 · $20

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  • Yoon-ah So-yeon Woo

    wishing you the best, Thijs. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did

    • Lourdes G. PachecoQuestion

      how is Thijs doing now?

      • Shan Rong Du

        This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of The Hague.

        • Natalia P. Zamora

          Thanks for sharing this, Thijs. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Nagpur this morning

          • Adewale Danjuma Gbadamosi

            Hope it all works out. Gave what I could, wish it was more. After 25 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

            $1,297.50 raised of $2,150

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