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Help Carmen restart a roadside café in San Sebastián after a break-in
Carmen has run a roadside café for four years; a break-in destroyed the equipment, and $1,750 will put it back on its feet.
🇪🇸 20074, San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain2,064 views
For four years I have run a roadside café in San Sebastián. In August, a break-in 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 1 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 $1,750 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $360
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $480
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $910
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Carmen
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best of luck, Carmen. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day
Hope it all works out. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Sent it to 17 people at work. Greetings from Gwagwalada.
Wishing you peace, Carmen. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
Hope you make a strong comeback. Love from New York.
Hang in there, Carmen. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Nakuru!