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Fajar needs an espresso machine and grinder to reopen a roadside café
Fajar has run a roadside café for twelve years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $400 will put it back on its feet.
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For twelve years I have run a roadside café in Surakarta. In October, 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 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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 $400 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $155
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $135
• Shop repairs and licensing: $35
• Working capital for the first month: $75
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Fajar
Updates from Fajar
We're at 8% thanks to 3 of you. I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Quick update: $30 raised so far (8%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Fajar
Thank you all. We're at 3% now ($10). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. - Fajar
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
“Blessings. I'm in Durham, thinking of you. - Durham”
- Bushra Javeria Khan 🇵🇰 · $25
- Eleanor N. Vargas 🇬🇧 · $20
- Xia Yue Zhu 🇺🇸 · $5
- Pratik F. Kothari 🇮🇳 · $5
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Rooting for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Pattaya donated after I showed her your page.
Hope you make a strong comeback. Thinking of Surakarta!
Keep going. Hope this works out for you. Love from Mardan.
Rooting for you, Fajar. Looking forward to the next update.
Hang in there. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Surakarta.