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Help Patricia restart a roadside café in Manila after a long illness and repossession

Patricia has run a roadside café for fifteen years; a long illness and repossession destroyed the equipment, and $500 will put it back on its feet.

🇵🇭 Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines1,077 views
Patricia N. Alcantara
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Manila
For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Manila. In September, 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 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 6 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 $500 goes: • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $240 • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $75 • Shop repairs and licensing: $85 • Working capital for the first month: $100 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself. - Patricia

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    “Hope things get better. Saw your post and had to give. - Kediri”

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    “Good luck. Thought of Patricia all day after reading this. - Houston”

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    “Best of luck. Thought of Patricia all day after reading this. - Dodoma”

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  • Mateo R. LopezID verified

    Sending good thoughts, Patricia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. God bless.

    • I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Dnipro.

      • Girish N. AminPhoto verified

        Thinking of you and your family. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to Jakarta Selatan so I could bring a meal. Blessings

        • Hope it all works out. Small businesses are the heart of Manila. Hope you're open again soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.

          • Hope you make a strong comeback. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Lagos.

            • Sending strength. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Manila

              • small businesses are the heart of Manila. Hope you're open again soon. Please keep us posted

                • Hope it all works out, Patricia. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings

                  • keep going, Patricia. This could happen to any of us. Don't give up. Blessings.

                    • Praying for you, Patricia. Shared this with my family. My husband and I read this together. God bless.

                      • take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Liverpool

                        • I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. Put this on a community board in Saint Petersburg this morning.

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