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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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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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good luck, Laura. I hope things turn around soon
Small businesses are the heart of Berlin. Hope you're open again soon.
keep going, Laura. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless
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.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Berlin.
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
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.
Take care, Laura. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Biratnagar so I could bring a meal. Blessings!
Small businesses are the heart of Berlin. Hope you're open again soon. God bless.
Hang in there, Laura. Hope this works out for you. Sent it to 14 people at work. God bless.