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Back to business - Francisco's comeback in Envigado
A roadside café in Envigado needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after floodwater.
🇨🇴 Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia1,640 views
For three years I have run a roadside café in Envigado. In August, floodwater took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Tuesday, 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 $1,150 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $620
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $210
• Shop repairs and licensing: $130
• Working capital for the first month: $190
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Francisco
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thanks for sharing this. I hope things turn around soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Mthatha