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Start-up fund for Ishrat: reopening a roadside café after a long illness and repossession
Ishrat lost an espresso machine and grinder to a long illness and repossession and needs $450 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
🇧🇩 Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh423 views
For nine years I have run a roadside café in Gazipur. 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 Sunday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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 $450 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $220
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $105
• Shop repairs and licensing: $40
• Working capital for the first month: $85
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Ishrat
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- Anonymous 🇺🇦 · $100
- Manisha Kabita Neupane 🇳🇵 · $46
“Sending love. Thought of Ishrat all day after reading this. - Pokhara”
- Karina G. Acosta 🇺🇸 · $25
“Hope things get better. I'm in Knoxville, thinking of you.”
- Dung Uyên Vo 🇻🇳 · $10
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thinking of you, Ishrat. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from Pune.
Hope it all works out. Small businesses are the heart of Gazipur. Hope you're open again soon. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Gazipur.
good luck, Ishrat. Hope you make a strong comeback. My neighbor in Cali donated after I showed her your page. All the best!
Good luck. Hope the shop reopens soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Gazipur.
Wishing you the best, Ishrat. Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Saint Petersburg so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Gazipur.
Sending strength, Ishrat. Hope you make a strong comeback. All the best.
Thanks for sharing this, Ishrat. Small businesses are the heart of Gazipur. Hope you're open again soon. Put this on a community board in Addis Ababa this morning. Blessings
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Cebu City
so sorry you're going through this. Small businesses are the heart of Gazipur. Hope you're open again soon. My husband and I read this together. Take care.