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Start-up fund for Marisol: reopening a roadside café after a storm that collapsed the roof
Marisol has run a roadside café for nine years; a storm that collapsed the roof destroyed the equipment, and $950 will put it back on its feet.
🇲🇽 Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico761 views
For nine years I have run a roadside café in Tuxtla Gutiérrez. In June, 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 Sunday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 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 $950 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $590
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $185
• Shop repairs and licensing: $60
• Working capital for the first month: $115
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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hope it all works out, Marisol. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Santos
Sending good thoughts, Marisol. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. All the best.
Take care. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Bellevue this morning. Greetings from Bellevue
Thinking of you and your family, Marisol. Small businesses are the heart of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Hope you're open again soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Jinja.
Wishing you the best, Marisol. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Moscow.