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Viktor needs a cold-storage unit to reopen a small grocery stall
A small grocery stall in Yekaterinburg needs help replacing a cold-storage unit after a storm that collapsed the roof.
🇷🇺 Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia2,423 views
For nine years I have run a small grocery stall in Yekaterinburg. In August, a storm that collapsed the roof took a cold-storage unit. 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 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $1,200 goes:
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $670
• Initial stock: fresh produce: $230
• Shop repairs and licensing: $210
• Working capital for the first month: $90
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
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“Wish I could do more. Thought of Viktor all day after reading this. - Epe”
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So sorry you're going through this, Viktor. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Hope things get better soon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Love from Nnewi.
Hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Bandung donated after I showed her your page.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Viktor.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. replacing a cold-storage unit comes first ($670) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Fair thing to want to know.
Sending good thoughts, Viktor. Small businesses are the heart of Yekaterinburg. Hope you're open again soon
Wishing you the best, Viktor. Hope the shop reopens soon
Thinking of you and your family, Viktor. I hope things turn around soon. We're a small family in Birmingham but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Birmingham.
Sending strength, Viktor. Hope this works out for you!
Best of luck, Viktor. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Nagpur.