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Help Renata restart a roadside café in Rio de Janeiro after a fire in the building

Renata lost an espresso machine and grinder to a fire in the building and needs $1,200 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.

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Renata Viviane Carvalho
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Rio de Janeiro
For six years I have run a roadside café in Rio de Janeiro. In January, 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 Tuesday, and I employed 2 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. Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go. Where the $1,200 goes: • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $680 • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $220 • Shop repairs and licensing: $150 • Working capital for the first month: $150 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Renata
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  • Sara Pagano

    rooting for you. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from El Paso.

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