Dear Sir/madam my name is Karthika. I live in Sri Lanka. I come from a middle-class family."
My father passed away last year. My mother, elder brother, and I are running a small handmade candle business together."

"But the place where we run our business is not suitable enough for us. The reason is, the roof is not in good condition — when it rains, it feels like there’s no roof at all."

"Since the workshop is built with just metal sheets, some of our business equipment was stolen last week, sir/ madam.
When we went to the police, they said, 'First, fix the place where you run the business. If it stays like this, thefts are bound to happen.' That is true. But...

We have no means to leave that place, nor do we have the resources to repair it. We also don’t have a way to buy new business equipment.
Please help us, sir/ madam — to repair and improve that place and to purchase the equipment needed to restart our business."

"We had already taken a loan to start this business. Now, we are unable to repay that loan and are also unable to take another one to restart the business.
Please help us, sir. Our family will never forget your help for the rest of our lives." 🙏🙏🙏