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Back to business - Alok's comeback in Thiruvananthapuram
Alok lost an espresso machine and grinder to a fire in the building and needs $350 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
🇮🇳 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India175 views
For four years I have run a roadside café in Thiruvananthapuram. In August, a fire in the building took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Thursday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 7 weeks.
This business pays my children's school fees and rent. I have already started working from home in small ways, but I can't meet orders without proper equipment.
Every contribution brings me closer to reopening, and I promise to post photos as I buy each item.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $350 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $150
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $85
• Working capital for the first month: $115
Thanks for reading all this.
- Alok
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Take care, Alok. Small businesses are the heart of Thiruvananthapuram. Hope you're open again soon. We're a small family in Mapo but we're thinking of you.
Wishing you peace, Alok. Hope this works out for you. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry
Thanks for sharing this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Epe but we're thinking of you. Love from Epe.
Wishing you the best, Alok. Shared this with my family. Sent it to 40 people at work!
Small businesses are the heart of Thiruvananthapuram. Hope you're open again soon. Please keep us posted.
Good luck, Alok. Shared it with a few friends. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.