Mobile Clinic

We’re over at number 19 in Kalali. It’s a place where we fix phones. People bring in mobiles with cracked screens or batteries that don't hold a charge anymore. The workbench is usually covered in tiny screws and pieces of glass. It’s a bit of a mess, but we know where everything is. We spend a lot of time looking through those magnifying glasses to see the small parts inside the phones. Kalali is a growing area, so we see a lot of new people coming in. It’s not a big fancy showroom. It’s more of a workshop where we get our hands dirty with electronics. Sometimes a repair takes longer than we thought, especially if the parts are hard to find. We try to tell people honestly if a phone is worth fixing or if it's too far gone. We don't use big words or technical jargon; we just explain what's broken. The shop is small, and there’s usually a stack of old phone cases in the corner. We listen to the traffic outside while we work on the circuits. Most days it’s just us and the smell of soldering wire. We’ve fixed hundreds of phones here over the years. People stop by because they know we’re right here in the neighborhood. It’s a steady job and it keeps us on our toes with all the new models coming out.