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Back to business - Utami's comeback in Bekasi
Utami has run a roadside café for nine years; a long illness and repossession destroyed the equipment, and $450 will put it back on its feet.
🇮🇩 Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia1,005 views
For nine years I have run a roadside café in Bekasi. In August, 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 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 $450 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $190
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $145
• Shop repairs and licensing: $65
• Working capital for the first month: $50
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Utami
Updates from Utami
Update from Bekasi: I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing. We're at 12% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Small update. $22 so far, we've started the first stage.
- Jorge B. Benítez 🇪🇸 · $20
“Good luck. Thought of Utami all day after reading this. - Móstoles”
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $30
- Aisha Dorcas Njoroge 🇹🇿 · $22
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Thanks for sharing this. Small businesses are the heart of Bekasi. Hope you're open again soon. It's not much but it's yours.