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Start-up fund for Beatrice: reopening a roadside café after floodwater
A roadside café in Nairobi needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after floodwater.
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For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Nairobi. In December, floodwater 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 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 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 $800 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $520
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $125
• Shop repairs and licensing: $55
• Working capital for the first month: $100
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Beatrice
Updates from Beatrice
Quick update: $257 raised so far (32%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Update from Nairobi: I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. We're at 8% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Bayu Mulyadi Putra 🇮🇩 · $5
- Anonymous 🇬🇷 · $25
“Thought of Beatrice all day after reading this. - Piraeus”
- Marisol P. Navarro 🇺🇸 · $20
- Kiran A. Iyengar 🇮🇳 · $10
- Guadalupe N. Sandoval 🇨🇴 · $162
- Roman T. Rogers 🇦🇺 · $25
“Thought of Beatrice all day after reading this. - Parramatta”
- Bryan N. Aquino 🇵🇭 · $50
- Anonymous 🇹🇭 · $10
“Blessings. Thought of Beatrice all day after reading this. - Bang Khen”
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keep going, Beatrice. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up.
Good luck, Beatrice. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Naivasha.
Good luck. Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Lahore so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Nairobi.
Wishing you the best, Beatrice. Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor in Indore donated after I showed her your page. Blessings
Good luck, Beatrice. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Sent it to 22 people at work. Love from Chattogram
Best of luck, Beatrice. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up!
Thinking of you and your family, Beatrice. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in social work myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Love from Bandung.
Wishing you peace, Beatrice. Hope the shop reopens soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best.
I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Joliet so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Nairobi.
Rooting for you, Beatrice. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted.
Rooting for you, Beatrice. Shared it with a few friends