Ownership of the homeless, cafe for street friends, caf é DOBRE&DOBR, Slovakia

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There is a Parisian coffee shop in Bratislava, the capital of Svalok; however, this is not just a literary cafe, it focuses on humanitarian issues, raising coffee culture to a high level of social feedback.

The non-profit organization "Vagus" is an organization dedicated to helping the homeless to reintegrate into society. Under this concept of "humanity", the Cafe Dobre& Dobr é Cafe was born; people who were originally living on the streets, or people who have lost their families, can have the opportunity to enter society again, serve visitors in the cafe, and gradually build up the confidence to return to the crowd and ordinary life.

Dobre& Dobr é is a concept of elegance, compassion and goodwill. It is the first and only one in Central Europe. Through social feedback and tolerance, it tries to find and help street friends live in a friendly way.

The geographical location of Cafe é Dobre& Dobr é is in the famous Svalok National uprising Square, which is included in the old market block and is also part of the historic market revival activity; the ancient Bratislava has a slightly bohemian atmosphere. The cafe is a typical old Bratislava building, with tall windows and green metal frames, with thick dark green curtain velvet cloth, fine marble tables and chairs against the surrounding velvet cloth-this is the round table chair style that can be seen everywhere in Paris. the magnificent chandelier gives the long-designed cafe a more towering sense of space.

The most beautiful is the geometric pattern of the interaction of these blue and brown tiles on the ground, with a little ethnic flavor, which sets off the atmosphere of the Paris Caf é in the store. The wooden piano sits unbiased in the center of the cafe, with its soft strings crisscrossed by its ears, making it an unassailable combination of sight, hearing and the aroma of coffee.

Jobs are available for those who are homeless, and there will be three service staff in addition to professional bartenders in the cafe Dobre& Dobr é. Unlike the waiters in most cafes who need to wear uniforms, although they used to sleep on the streets, they now work here and get back on their feet. In fact, there is no way to see what is different from ordinary people.

The arrangement and selection of Vagus are mainly based on the street friends' physical conditions, their work and their willingness to return to society, and then do job training according to their working ability and willingness, so that they can learn how to make coffee and how to re-approach the crowd. It is difficult to say that the coffee or atmosphere of Caf é Dobre& Dobr é is better or special than that of a regular cafe, but the experience of the service staff and the goodwill arrangement of Vagus certainly make this daily coffee time more interesting. Or at least let us think more deeply about "understanding" or "friendliness".

Those sad stories of the past hope to stop here, these homeless people have been excluded from the whole environment for their own reasons, or voluntarily choose to hide from society. There are so many social strata that they still don't seem to belong to any level, with free and easy smiles on their faces, or a sense of freedom and contentment when they regain control of life.

If the cafe is a place where all kinds of people meet, will the coffee culture also have a sense of belonging back to life? Whether it is to enjoy coffee in cafes, or people who are enthusiastic about making coffee, they may not only choose randomly, but also give each other a reflection on the meaning and belonging of life from another perspective.

Caf é Dobre& Dobr é

Nedbalova 13, 811 01 Bratislava, Slovakia

Opening Hours: Mon-Sat/ 09:30 am-00:00 am

Sun/ 11:00 am-10:00 pm

T: + 421-917-227-619

Photography/ Maya.

Part of photos via cafe Dobre& Dobr é Facebook.