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Start-up fund for Busisiwe: reopening a roadside café after the demolition of the market

A roadside café in Pretoria needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after the demolition of the market.

🇿🇦 Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa516 views
Busisiwe E. Singh
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Pretoria
For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Pretoria. In August, the demolition of the market took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 3 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. I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go. Where the $800 goes: • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $550 • Shop repairs and licensing: $75 • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $175 If you're reading this, thank you. - Busisiwe

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  • Praying for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best

    • Good luck, Busisiwe. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Pretoria

      • Thanks for sharing this. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Pretoria

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