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Back to business - Francesca's comeback in Lecce
Francesca lost an espresso machine and grinder to a storm that collapsed the roof and needs $2,250 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
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For four years I have run a roadside café in Lecce. In May, a storm that collapsed the roof 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 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $2,250 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $200
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $250
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,800
I hope life is good to you.
- Francesca
Updates from Francesca
We're at 86% thanks to 24 of you. I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,477 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Intan Saputra 🇮🇩 · $1,000
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Francesca all day after reading this. - Surakarta”
- Eli W. Henry 🇺🇸 · $200
- Russell S. Dixon 🇺🇸 · $100
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $100
“Sending love. My father told me about this one. - Salvador”
- Florin Vasile 🇷🇴 · $100
- Adriana S. Ríos 🇺🇸 · $100
- Hendrik A. Naicker 🇿🇦 · $75
- Edilene Ribeiro 🇧🇷 · $53.50
- Nicolás E. Mora 🇲🇽 · $50
- Danjuma Ogunbanjo 🇳🇬 · $50
- Nikhil E. Rawat 🇮🇳 · $50
- Samantha Newman 🇬🇧 · $50
- Anonymous 🇷🇺 · $50
- Roshan Wanigasekara 🇱🇰 · $50
- Rubén G. Valdez 🇪🇸 · $50
- Dhanush L. Gowda 🇮🇳 · $46.50
- Fasil Abebe Wolde 🇪🇹 · $30
- Ssebuliba Samuel Simiyu 🇰🇪 · $30
“Thought of Francesca all day after reading this. - Kasarani”
- Heather S. Robertson 🇺🇸 · $25
- Joyce H. Salvador 🇺🇸 · $25
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Francesca.
Shop repairs and licensing is $200 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. I'll keep the page updated.
Keep going, Francesca. Looking forward to the next update.
Hope the shop reopens soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Lecce.
Sending good thoughts, Francesca. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes!
Sending love, Francesca. Shared it with a few friends. Don't give up