An Internet
appeal started by Björn Conradi, a student from Den Bosch, has raised over
35,000 pounds (about 40,000 euros) for an elderly London barber whose shop was
destroyed in last week’s riots.
“The door
was smashed in and they even nicked my chairs,” said Aaron Biber, who had been
working at his Tottenham salon for over 40 years before he found it ransacked
and destroyed on 10 August. “I will probably have to close because I haven’t
got insurance and I can’t afford the repairs.”
Conradi was
touched by Biber’s story and launched the charity website, Keep Aaron Cutting.
The total funds were raised from donors all over the world in the span of just
three days.
The result
is much more than Biber needs to restore his salon. Speaking to Dutch newspaper
Brabants Dagblad, Conradi said he hopes to see the extra money shared with
other businesses in the area affected by the violence.
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