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Help Mukesh restart a roadside café in Tiruchirappalli after floodwater
Mukesh has run a roadside café for four years; floodwater destroyed the equipment, and $600 will put it back on its feet.
🇮🇳 Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India462 views
For four years I have run a roadside café in Tiruchirappalli. In November, floodwater took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Tuesday, 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 $600 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $420
• Working capital for the first month: $115
• Shop repairs and licensing: $65
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
Updates from Mukesh
Wanted to say thank you properly. 4% funded and I made the first payment toward working capital for the first month.
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- Minh Minh Trinh 🇻🇳 · $20
“Good luck. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Cầu Giấy”
- Salman Arslan Kazmi 🇵🇰 · $20
- Okello Brian Kyagulanyi 🇺🇬 · $6
“Praying for you. My brother told me about this one. - Kampala”
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Stay strong, Mukesh. Shared it with a few friends. All the best
Thanks for sharing this, Mukesh. Small businesses are the heart of Tiruchirappalli. Hope you're open again soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Piraeus.
Sending love, Mukesh. Looking forward to the next update. Take care
Thanks for sharing this. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Jeddah.
Small businesses are the heart of Tiruchirappalli. Hope you're open again soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Jacksonville.