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Help Romane restart a roadside café in Boulogne-Billancourt after a storm that collapsed the roof

Romane lost an espresso machine and grinder to a storm that collapsed the roof and needs $3,000 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.

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Romane Hélène Dupuis
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Boulogne-Billancourt
For nine years I have run a roadside café in Boulogne-Billancourt. In July, a storm that collapsed the roof 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 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 $3,000 goes: • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,700 • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $590 • Shop repairs and licensing: $330 • Working capital for the first month: $380 Thank you so much. - Romane

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  • Stay strong. Hope the shop reopens soon. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out!

    • Good luck. Looking forward to the next update. I have a 15 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best.

      • thinking of you. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Mangaluru

        • thinking of you and your family. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Boulogne-Billancourt.

          • Stay strong, Romane. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Gondar.

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