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Start-up fund for Guadalupe: reopening a roadside café after a break-in

A roadside café in Granada needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after a break-in.

🇪🇸 Granada, Andalusia, Spain1,314 views
Guadalupe J. Morales
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Granada
For four years I have run a roadside café in Granada. In April, 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 Saturday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 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 $1,650 goes: • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $360 • Working capital for the first month: $320 • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $970 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Guadalupe

  1. Update from Granada: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 33% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 32% now ($526). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  3. Update from Granada: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 18% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Rolando P. Pascual 🇵🇭 · $50

    “Thought of Guadalupe all day after reading this. - Dasmariñas”

  • Noah M. Zimmerman 🇨🇦 · $15
  • Kristine W. Agustin 🇵🇭 · $5
  • Ika Sinta Effendi 🇮🇩 · $25
  • Yulia Natalia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 · $5

    “Hope it all works out. My colleague told me about this one. - Kyiv”

  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $20
  • Eva K. Norris 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Stay strong. Thought of Guadalupe all day after reading this. - Fort Worth”

  • Ngozi Wunmi Popoola 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Ratul Rubel Khatun 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Tatiane Ramos 🇧🇷 · $20
  • Sneha M. Gurjar 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Nirali T. Vyas 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Isak Eklund 🇸🇪 · $5
  • Josiah C. Collins 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Fleur Bos 🇳🇱 · $20
  • Parker Cooper 🇨🇦 · $25
  • Jose Baker 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Renato Paulo Almeida 🇧🇷 · $5
  • Vijay Prabhu 🇮🇳 · $20

    “Be well. Thought of Guadalupe all day after reading this. - Thane”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $51

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  • Stanislav Artem GerasimovPhoto verified

    Take care, Guadalupe. Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of Granada.

    • Carlos G. Ibáñez

      You're not alone, Guadalupe. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope July is when things finally get easier.

      • Eduardo L. Mora

        Wishing you peace. Small businesses are the heart of Granada. Hope you're open again soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Udaipur.

        • Alberto M. Morales

          I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from Lille

          • Andrea H. Castro

            Take care, Guadalupe. Shared it with a few friends. All the best

            • Amber W. Crawford

              You're not alone. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 24 people at work.

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