MoneySmall business
Help Selim restart a roadside café in Istanbul after a break-in
Selim lost an espresso machine and grinder to a break-in and needs $1,000 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
🇹🇷 Istanbul, Türkiye1,537 views
For four years I have run a roadside café in Istanbul. In September, a break-in 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 4 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 $1,000 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $770
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $105
• Shop repairs and licensing: $70
• Working capital for the first month: $55
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
Updates from Selim
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Aoife A. MacDonald 🇮🇪 · $50
- Lakmal Bandara 🇱🇰 · $30
- Nikhil D. Bajwa 🇮🇳 · $5
“Thinking of you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Amritsar”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Rosa Greta Martinelli 🇮🇹 · $30
- Dung Bích Ngo 🇺🇸 · $10
“Thought of Selim all day after reading this. - San Francisco”
- Chloé Josiane Nguyen 🇫🇷 · $46
“Thought of Selim all day after reading this. - Boulogne-Billancourt”
- Kevin T. Mills 🇺🇸 · $5
“Thought of Selim all day after reading this. - San Diego”
- Lola Lilian Igwe 🇳🇬 · $217
“Thought of Selim all day after reading this. - Nnewi”
- Jenny D. Ramos 🇵🇭 · $25
- Caterina Conti 🇮🇹 · $25
- Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $5
- Adriana Dinu 🇷🇴 · $50
- Samanthi Iresha Ekanayake 🇱🇰 · $25
- Carmela G. Dizon 🇵🇭 · $50
- Anonymous 🇨🇴 · $5
- Alejandro T. Villalobos 🇪🇸 · $20
“Stay strong. Hope the January deadline works out. - Alcalá de Henares”
- Anand E. Pillai 🇮🇳 · $25
- Anoma Amaya Senanayake 🇱🇰 · $25
- Winnie Jepkoech Mutebi 🇰🇪 · $10
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
Hang in there, Selim. Hope you make a strong comeback. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings!
praying for you, Selim. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Istanbul.
Thinking of you and your family, Selim. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Stay strong, Selim. This could happen to any of us. Take care.
Thinking of you. Hope the shop reopens soon. Love from Mbale
Thinking of you. Small businesses are the heart of Istanbul. Hope you're open again soon. All the best.
Wishing you the best, Selim. Shared this with my family. Blessings.
Stay strong. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Istanbul.
Hang in there, Selim. Hope you make a strong comeback. Take care.
Sending love, Selim. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Jinja