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Tharun needs an espresso machine and grinder to reopen a roadside café
Tharun lost an espresso machine and grinder to a fire in the building and needs $400 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
🇮🇳 Pune, Maharashtra, India575 views
For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Pune. In June, a fire in the building took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Thursday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 6 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 $400 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $240
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $120
• Shop repairs and licensing: $40
Glad we found this place.
- Tharun
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Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to London so I could bring a meal.
Sending good thoughts, Tharun. Looking forward to the next update. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Pune
Praying for you. Looking forward to the next update. I hope September is when things finally get easier. God bless
take care. Hope the shop reopens soon. Thinking of Pune.
Wishing you the best. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Pune.
You're not alone, Tharun. Hope you make a strong comeback.
hope you make a strong comeback. My husband and I read this together. Take care
Take care, Tharun. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Aberdeen.
Hang in there, Tharun. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 12 years ago and strangers helped me out. Blessings.
Stay strong, Tharun. Hope you make a strong comeback. After 22 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Vitória da Conquista.