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Help Laura restart a roadside café in Berlin after a long illness and repossession

A roadside café in Berlin needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after a long illness and repossession.

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Laura Mia Herrmann
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Berlin
For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Berlin. In February, 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 Sunday, and I employed 1 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. Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go. Where the $3,150 goes: • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,800 • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $680 • Shop repairs and licensing: $270 • Working capital for the first month: $400 Thank you so much.
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  • Femke Mirjam Hoogland

    good luck, Laura. I hope things turn around soon

    • Ama Ernestina Darko

      Small businesses are the heart of Berlin. Hope you're open again soon.

      • Irini Magdalini Makris

        keep going, Laura. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless

        • Viral G. Parmar

          Take care, Laura. Hope the shop reopens soon. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Berlin.

          • Halima Favour Afolabi

            I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Berlin.

            • Bruno J. Valdez

              Hope it all works out. Small businesses are the heart of Berlin. Hope you're open again soon. We're a small family in Austin but we're thinking of you. Love from Austin

              • Aurélie Florence LeroyID verified

                thinking of you and your family, Laura. I hope things turn around soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

                • Emon Hridoy Jahan

                  Take care, Laura. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Biratnagar so I could bring a meal. Blessings!

                  • Dennis G. Rivera

                    Small businesses are the heart of Berlin. Hope you're open again soon. God bless.

                    • Harsha Wasantha Tennakoon

                      Hang in there, Laura. Hope this works out for you. Sent it to 14 people at work. God bless.

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