- Title: Free coffee for donors to Turkey quake victims at Skopje cafe
- Date: 11th February 2023
- Summary: SKOPJE, NORTH MACEDONIA (FEBRUARY 11, 2023) (REUTERS) DRONE FOOTAGE OF CAFE TERRACE, CAFE OWNER, SASHO SHOTAREVSKI, WALKING AWAY (MUTE) CLIENTS, MARTIN NAUMCEVSKI AND DAMIAN STOJANOVSKI, TAKING SEATS AT CAFE TERRACE SHOTAREVSKI CHECKING CLIENTS' PHONES FOR PROOF OF DONATIONS TO THE MACEDONIAN RED CROSS PHONE SCREEN SHOWING AUTOMATIC TEXT MESSAGES STATING THAT A 100 MACEDONIAN DENARI ($ 1,74) DONATION WAS MADE TO THE RED CROSS WAITRESS BRINGING COFFEES HAND STIRRING COFFEE WITH SPOON, GRABBING CUP (SOUNDBITE) (Macedonian) CLIENT AND DONATOR, MARTIN NAUMCEVSKI, SAYING: "It's very nice to donate and you also get a coffee for free. It's not so much about the coffee, as it is about the donation, a humane gesture." (SOUNDBITE) (Macedonian) CLIENT AND DONATOR, DAMJAN STOJANOVSKI, SAYING: "I think it's a wonderful way to give money and to drink a coffee." VARIOUS OF SHOTAREVSKI PREPARING COFFEE SHOTAREVSKI BRINGING COFFEE OUTSIDE SHOTAREVSKI SERVING COFFEE, TALKING WITH CLIENTS (SOUNDBITE) (Macedonian) CAFE OWNER, SASHO SHOTAREVSKI, SAYING: "The idea is my daughter's. She was raised with our stories about Skopje and the earthquake (ed's note: in 1963 a magnitude 6.9 earthquake killed thousands in Skopje). I am a child of the earthquake, as my mother was pregnant when it happened. When the recent events with Turkey occurred, I had an idea. The idea was to do something about it." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (Macedonian) CAFE OWNER, SASHO SHOTAREVSKI, SAYING: "As soon as the (telephone) number (for donations) was released, I immediately started. If you're free, come by, have a coffee, and call the number." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (Macedonian) CAFE OWNER, SASHO SHOTAREVSKI, SAYING: "You can give as much as you can. You may already be familiar with the stories, as we are very active on Facebook. The deal was simple: give up one coffee, and in exchange, you get to drink a coffee. The goal was to help, and that's all we can do. If God blesses us with more, we will do more. If not, then we will not." DRONE VIEW OF SKOPJE (MUTE) DRONE VIEW OF BUILDING, TERRACE (MUTE)
- Embargoed: 25th February 2023 17:12
- Keywords: North Macedonia Skopje balkans earthquake turkey
- Location: SKOPJE, NORTH MACEDONIA
- City: SKOPJE, NORTH MACEDONIA
- Country: Macedonia
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA001953811022023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:In North Macedonia's capital Skopje, the owner of the cafe Bife Tafdalidze is using his business to raise funds for the victims of the recent earthquake in Turkey.
Sasho Shotarevski, came up with the idea to offer free coffee to customers who call a donation number for the Macedonian Red Cross.
Shotarevski checks each customer's phone for proof of the donation before serving them their coffee.
"It's very nice to donate and you also get a coffee for free," said Martin Naumcevski, a customer and donor. "It's not so much about the coffee, as it is about the donation, a humane gesture," he added.
His phone showed a 100 denari ($1,74) donation to the Macedonian Red Cross,
Shotarevski said that the idea was inspired by his daughter and their shared stories about the 1963 earthquake in Skopje.
"The idea was to do something about it," he said. "As soon as the (telephone) number (for donations) was released, I immediately started. If you're free, come by, have a coffee, and call the number."
"You can give as much as you can," Shotarevski added. "The deal was simple: give up one coffee, and in exchange, you get to drink a coffee," he said.
($1 = 57,56 denari)
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