How a London coffee shop is giving homeless community a 2nd chance originally appeared on goodmorningamerica.com
“Everyone deserves a second chance” — and a London coffee shop is doing just that.
Second Shot serves up high-quality coffee with a side of compassion by employing people who’ve been affected by homelessness.
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“What we do is kind of breaking down the barrier and the perception of what homelessness is, because you see people walk into Second Shot and interacting in a way that you don’t really see elsewhere,” founder Julius Ibrahim told “Good Morning America.”
Ibrahim opened Second Shot in May 2016 in Bethnal Green after dropping out of college and crowdfunding the business online.
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Customers can choose to “pay it forward” by donating money in the store or online, which then would pay for a coffee or a meal for…
