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Back to business - Maria's comeback in Petrópolis
Maria lost an espresso machine and grinder to a long illness and repossession and needs $600 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1,344 views
For nine years I have run a roadside café in Petrópolis. In June, a long illness and repossession took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 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 $600 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $105
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $400
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $95
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
Updates from Maria
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- Farah Fatima Naguib 🇲🇦 · $20
“Be well. Hope the October deadline works out. - Rabat”
- Andile F. Pillay 🇿🇦 · $10
“Be well! - Stellenbosch”
- Kwaku Jonathan Frimpong 🇬🇭 · $30
“Stay strong. My mother told me about this one. - Madina”
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $50
- Alejandra A. Bravo 🇨🇴 · $75
- Sara Martina Riva 🇮🇹 · $10
- Karanja Rashidi 🇰🇪 · $30
“Thought of Maria all day after reading this. - Embakasi”
- Magdalena Agnieszka Dudek 🇵🇱 · $10
- Swati L. Sandhu 🇮🇳 · $4
“Hope this helps. Thought of Maria all day after reading this.”
- Rowan B. Page 🇨🇦 · $20
“Hope things get better. Thought of Maria all day after reading this. - Toronto”
- Nicolás T. Castro 🇺🇸 · $50
“Rooting for you. From Pittsburgh with love.”
- Yusuke Imai 🇯🇵 · $10
- Bithi Nasrin Parvez 🇧🇩 · $10
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $5
“Be well. Shared with friends too. - Saskatoon”
- Ahmet Kaplan 🇹🇷 · $25
- Comfort Idowu Akinwale 🇳🇬 · $30
- Kayode Uche Williams 🇳🇬 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Grace Abosede Musa 🇳🇬 · $78
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thinking of you, Maria. Hope this works out for you. Don't give up. Thinking of Petrópolis.
So sorry you're going through this, Maria. Hope the shop reopens soon. Please keep us posted.
Thinking of you, Maria. Hope this works out for you. We're a small family in Paris but we're thinking of you.
Wishing you peace. Hope you make a strong comeback. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best
Good luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Petrópolis.
Sending love. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from San Diego