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Start-up fund for Githinji: reopening a roadside café after a long illness and repossession
Githinji has run a roadside café for fifteen years; a long illness and repossession destroyed the equipment, and $650 will put it back on its feet.
🇰🇪 Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya427 views
For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Mombasa. In July, a long illness and repossession 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 1 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.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $650 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $400
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $85
• Shop repairs and licensing: $65
• Working capital for the first month: $100
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Githinji
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