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Help Maksym restart a roadside café in Palermo after a fire in the building

A roadside café in Palermo needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after a fire in the building.

🇮🇹 Sicily, Italy1,893 views
Maksym Mikhail Popov
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Palermo
For six years I have run a roadside café in Palermo. In July, a fire in the building 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 4 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 $2,700 goes: • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,450 • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $530 • Shop repairs and licensing: $480 • Working capital for the first month: $240 Every share and every dollar helps. - Maksym
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Maksym

  1. We're at 19% thanks to 20 of you. I made the first payment toward working capital for the first month. More news soon.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($377 in total) I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($202 in total) I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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    “Hope it all works out. From Lille with love.”

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    “Thought of Maksym all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”

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    “You got this. Thought of Maksym all day after reading this. - Lagos”

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    “Wish I could do more. My cousin told me about this one. - Gqeberha”

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    “You got this. Hope the November deadline works out. - Toulon”

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    “Sending love. My neighbor told me about this one. - Laredo”

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  • Rajiv B. ChhedaPhoto verified

    Keep going, Maksym. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.

    • Irmak Selin ArslanPhoto verified

      Sending good thoughts, Maksym. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

      • Paloma J. Franco

        Hang in there. Hope this works out for you. I hope November is when things finally get easier

        • Katherine H. Spencer

          best of luck, Maksym. Shared it with a few friends. Love from Jodhpur.

          • Fernando E. RiveraPhoto verified

            I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. Love from Sheffield!

            • Nafula Janet Mrema

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

              • Anna Sartori

                You're not alone, Maksym. Shared this with my family. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.

                $1,364.50 raised of $2,700

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