Help photography studio to get up after a disaster.

I'm Aga, mother of four and owner of Aga Tetera Photography which I've build from scratch and work on for last 10 years. Over night I've lost my studio, my place of work, my income, my family sustainability.

Of course we have property and outbuilding buildings and content insurance, covering us for everything, apart of flood, as property we own is within 400 meters from river. Flood damages are excluded as per terms and conditions. Business insurance. Business is covered and claim will be made, but there is not a chance they will cover anything close enough. 10 years, tons of very expensive props, studio lights, backgrounds, equipment, furniture, storage, property will need to be stripped from half to the ground, plasterboards, flooring, isolation, then dried. Plumbing, electricity, water heater, heating and AC list is very ,very , very long. From first quick calculations 60-70k of loss.

So may of you asked for my account details to help financially, so many suggested fundraising. So many offered help with cleaning, washing, I'm and will be forever grateful for that. In such a dark time in my life and business career, I'm not alone. It means the world to me.

I have never imagine I will be in position where I would have to ask for help. No-one ever helped me with anything, I've build my entire business myself, working non stop , no days off, no evenings off, for 6 years.

Today I've lost it all and I'm asking for help.

"Unthinkable happened last night.

I've lost the studio. In just 3h water level rised to well over the meter high (3.5ft) . Nothing that we were doing could help and would save the studio. We were working crazy putting sand bags all over , but the amount of the water was overwhelming. It was going up like in the bathtub ... it was scary!

In just one everything, I've lost everything. I don't know what to say, where yo start, I'm stressed to the level I'm sick. Last 10 years of my life. We were trying to save as much as possible first by moving items from lower level higher, thinking floor, furniture, sofa, bottom of the walls, not that bad ....but when big water came , everything went. But then within minutes it was higher and higher and higher!

Over a meter. My son bear-feet, only in his pants on , in 0 degrees weather and freezing cold water, for 2h was causing back and forward, trying to move what he could grab and carry.

The devastation is unspeakable. It's not hundreds that were lost... thousands and thousands of pounds. My studio, my pride, my place of work. I feel lost, upset, and angry. I'm devastated. "

Every penny counts. Every penny will be appreciated. Good deed will get back to you doubled. Please share.

Thank you.

Aga

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