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Start-up fund for Mercedes: reopening a roadside café after a long illness and repossession

A roadside café in Ciudad de México needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after a long illness and repossession.

🇲🇽 Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico1,800 views
Mercedes C. Luna
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Ciudad de México
For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Ciudad de México. In May, 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 Monday, and I employed 2 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 $1,200 goes: • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $850 • Shop repairs and licensing: $165 • Working capital for the first month: $185 Thanks for reading all this.
#small-business#livelihood#restart

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    “Be well. Thought of Mercedes all day after reading this.”

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  • Rabia Ayesha Orakzai

    Hang in there, Mercedes. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

    • Kylie W. Wilson

      Good luck, Mercedes. Small businesses are the heart of Ciudad de México. Hope you're open again soon.

      • Micah J. Singleton

        You're not alone, Mercedes. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes

        • Pranav T. Anand

          Best of luck, Mercedes. Hope you make a strong comeback. Please keep us posted.

          • Ethan A. JordanQuestion

            how is Mercedes doing now?

            • Caroline T. Stewart

              Best of luck. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. All the best.

              • Jae-won Seung-woo Son

                Hope it all works out, Mercedes. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Ciudad de México

                • Patricia G. Legaspi

                  Hope it all works out, Mercedes. This could happen to any of us. God bless

                  • Lerato R. Pillay

                    Thanks for sharing this. Hope the shop reopens soon. Don't give up.

                    • Klaus Jan Weiß

                      Sending good thoughts. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Nagpur

                      • Asma Asma Benali

                        I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Swansea.

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