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Yasir needs an espresso machine and grinder to reopen a roadside café

Yasir lost an espresso machine and grinder to a fire in the building and needs $1,550 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.

🇸🇦 Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia2,902 views
Yasir Ahmed Fahmy
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Jeddah
For four years I have run a roadside café in Jeddah. In August, 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 Wednesday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 7 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 $1,550 goes: • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $180 • Shop repairs and licensing: $330 • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,040 Glad we found this place. - Yasir
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Yasir

  1. Quick update: $618 raised so far (40%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. We're at 22% thanks to 10 of you. I met with the supplier and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

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  • Kanya Jaidee 🇹🇭 · $10
  • Carol K. Watkins 🇦🇺 · $10

    “Hope things get better. Gave what I could this week. - Melbourne”

  • Haider Fahad Butt 🇵🇰 · $25
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  • Akello Neema Athumani 🇹🇿 · $5

    “Good luck! - Zanzibar City”

  • Busisiwe N. Smith 🇿🇦 · $250

    “Get well soon. I'm in Pretoria, thinking of you.”

  • Rekha A. Garg 🇮🇳 · $10
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  • Samantha B. Frazier 🇬🇧 · $20

    “Hope this helps. From Sheffield with love. - Sheffield”

  • Antônio Ronaldo Paiva 🇧🇷 · $10

    “From my family to yours! - Caxias do Sul”

  • Cristiane Kelly Dias 🇧🇷 · $10

    “Best of luck. Thought of Yasir all day after reading this. - São Paulo”

  • Aaron S. Barker 🇺🇸 · $200

    “Best of luck. Hope the December deadline works out. - Los Angeles”

  • Juan D. Martínez 🇨🇴 · $10

    “Wish I could do more. Small amount but sent with love. - Bogotá”

  • Taiga Fujiwara 🇯🇵 · $60.50

    “Hope things get better. Please keep us posted. - Yokohama”

  • Simone Mathilde Nicolas 🇫🇷 · $15

    “Sending love. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Poitiers”

  • Parvin Jannat Saha 🇧🇩 · $3.50

    “Thought of Yasir all day after reading this. - Gazipur”

  • Titilayo Ngozi Bello 🇳🇬 · $25

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  • Nitin P. Modi

    hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Kampala this morning.

    • Greta Thomas

      Sending love, Yasir. Your post was clear and honest.

      • Autumn H. Craig

        Good luck, Yasir. Hope the shop reopens soon

        $1,388 raised of $1,550

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