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Start-up fund for Andrea: reopening a roadside café after a break-in
Andrea lost an espresso machine and grinder to a break-in and needs $1,200 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
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For six years I have run a roadside café in Monterrey. In August, 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 Wednesday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 5 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 $1,200 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $720
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $190
• Shop repairs and licensing: $100
• Working capital for the first month: $190
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from Andrea
Thank you all. We're at 15% now ($178). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
Update from Monterrey: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 17% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($168 in total) I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
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“Thought of Andrea all day after reading this. - Savar”
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“Best of luck. Please keep us posted. - Dammam”
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- Silvia Chiara Esposito 🇮🇹 · $100
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Thanks for sharing this. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Wishing you the best, Andrea. Small businesses are the heart of Monterrey. Hope you're open again soon. Thinking of Monterrey.
Wishing you peace, Andrea. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Cebu City.