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Start-up fund for Chukwuemeka: reopening a roadside café after a storm that collapsed the roof
Chukwuemeka lost an espresso machine and grinder to a storm that collapsed the roof and needs $250 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
🇳🇬 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria915 views
For four years I have run a roadside café in Ikeja. In August, 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 Friday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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 $250 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $60
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $155
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $35
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Chukwuemeka
Updates from Chukwuemeka
26% there. the plan for replacing an espresso machine and grinder is now scheduled. Thank you.
- Francesco Carlo Amato 🇮🇹 · $60
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $25
“Every little bit. Thought of Chukwuemeka all day after reading this. - Hamilton”
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $25
“Keep your head up. My cousin told me about this one. - Iloilo City”
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $10
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Chukwuemeka all day after reading this.”
- Alejandra C. Chávez 🇺🇸 · $10
“Thought of Chukwuemeka all day after reading this. - Austin”
- Ihor Yaroslav Shevchenko 🇺🇦 · $30
- Ewa Halina Wysocki 🇵🇱 · $25
- Godwin Yinka Uba 🇳🇬 · $10
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thanks for sharing this, Chukwuemeka. Hope you make a strong comeback.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Leeds.