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Help Maria restart a roadside café in Brescia after the demolition of the market

A roadside café in Brescia needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after the demolition of the market.

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Maria De Santis
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Brescia
For nine years I have run a roadside café in Brescia. In January, 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 Monday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 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 $2,850 goes: • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,800 • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $340 • Shop repairs and licensing: $200 • Working capital for the first month: $510 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Maria

  1. Update from Brescia: the plan for initial stock: coffee and pastries is now scheduled. We're at 64% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Update from Brescia: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 26% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Júlia Larissa Guimarães

    a colleague of mine might know someone for this in Lombardy. I'll ask around and let you know!

    • Natalia Marta Pérez

      Rooting for you. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Amiens.

      • Hamza Waqas Hussain

        Best of luck, Maria. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.

        • Wyatt Espinoza

          Hope it all works out, Maria. Small businesses are the heart of Brescia. Hope you're open again soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Brescia.

          • Oonagh KellyID verified

            hang in there, Maria. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Dar es Salaam

            • Zalak S. Chauhan

              Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Brescia.

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