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ACTNews, BANJARMASIN - Yuni Sri Handayani (40) has been running a catering
business for the last 4 years. Beginning with a capital of IDR 100,000, she
started the business with her husband who worked as a security guard at a
private bank in Banjarmasin. From only three customers, Yuni had 30 to 40
customers.
Most of his
customers are office workers. Sadly, because many office buildings have been
closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, Yuni has lost many of her customers. "Now,
there are 18 customers per day at most,” said Yuni. Her sales have decreased by
up to 50%.
To make ends
meet, Yuni and her husband often have to get into debt. Their financial
conditions have been quite turbulent lately. "Once we bought a motorbike
on credit, but the payment was quite burdensome for us, to one of our friends
took over the payment, but it turned out that he, too, was unable to pay the
loans. In the end, they bill us on the motorbike,” said Yuni when Aksi Cepat
Tanggap team met her at her home in Pekauman Village, South Banjarmasin.
Yuni wishes to
have a stall in which she can sell her dishes. Her in-laws has a place in which
she can sell her food. However, she did not have enough capital to build her
stall.
Global Wakaf –
ACT’s Waqf for Micro Business Capital Program came to fulfill Yuni’s dream. “With
this capital assistance, I can buy the assets for the stall. Thank you, Global
Wakaf,” she said. If she has a stall, she can expand her business online. “Inshallah,
we will also work together with online food delivery apps so that that there
will be more customers later," said Yuni.
Retno
Sulisetiyani, Global Wakaf – ACT South Kalimantan’s Program Coordinator, hoped
that more donors will contribute to the program so that small-business owners
can be assisted by the blessings of waqf.
"We invite
philanthropists to help business owners who are currently facing financial
constraints. Through the Waqf for Business Capital program, we hope to help
ease their burdens,” hoped Retno. []
