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Start-up fund for Malathi: reopening a roadside café after a long illness and repossession
Malathi has run a roadside café for twelve years; a long illness and repossession destroyed the equipment, and $200 will put it back on its feet.
🇮🇳 Rajkot, Gujarat, India1,199 views
For twelve years I have run a roadside café in Rajkot. In January, 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 Tuesday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 5 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 $200 goes:
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $95
• Working capital for the first month: $75
• Shop repairs and licensing: $30
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from Malathi
Thank you all. We're at 48% now ($96). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
Quick update: $46 raised so far (23%). I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Craig J. Wagner 🇬🇧 · $90
- Tejaswini H. Nadar 🇮🇳 · $10
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Julien Vincent Brunet 🇫🇷 · $46
“You got this. Only $46 but hope it helps. - Paris”
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