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Help Dua restart a roadside café in Faisalabad after the demolition of the market
A roadside café in Faisalabad needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after the demolition of the market.
🇵🇰 Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan1,421 views
For four years I have run a roadside café in Faisalabad. In July, the demolition of the market took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Saturday, 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 $550 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $370
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $110
• Shop repairs and licensing: $25
• Working capital for the first month: $45
Every share and every dollar helps.
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Take care, Dua. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day
Hope it all works out, Dua. This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Epe so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Accra
Take care. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Faisalabad.
Praying for you, Dua. Shared this with my family. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from San Diego.
good luck, Dua. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care.