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Start-up fund for Taras: reopening a roadside café after a storm that collapsed the roof

Taras has run a roadside café for twelve years; a storm that collapsed the roof destroyed the equipment, and $600 will put it back on its feet.

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Taras Pavel Nikitin
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Odesa
For twelve years I have run a roadside café in Odesa. In September, 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 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. Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go. Where the $600 goes: • Working capital for the first month: $145 • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $320 • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $135 If you're reading this, thank you.
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  • Quỳnh Uyên Hoang

    Hang in there, Taras. This could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.

    • Joanna Natalia Jakubowski

      Good luck, Taras. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it

      • Adel Ghassan Farouk

        Thinking of you, Taras. Shared this with my family

        • Abril N. Guerrero

          Praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I hope November is when things finally get easier.

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