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Start-up fund for Urvashi: reopening a roadside café after floodwater
Urvashi lost an espresso machine and grinder to floodwater and needs $600 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
🇮🇳 Dwarka, Delhi, India1,276 views
For nine years I have run a roadside café in Dwarka. In September, floodwater 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 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.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $600 goes:
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $90
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $390
• Working capital for the first month: $120
I hope life is good to you.
- Urvashi
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Hope you make a strong comeback. Wish I lived closer to New Delhi so I could bring a meal
you're not alone, Urvashi. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Abbottabad.
Best of luck, Urvashi. Shared it with a few friends. Love from Ogbomosho.