Queen Ashtar is a local Iraqi restaurant in Winston, Ontario, Canada. The restaurant hasn’t been making a good profit for some time, but a chance meeting with TikTok star Zachery Dereniowski worked in the joint’s favor. Zachery is known for his TikTok videos dealing with mental health and helping and encouraging random people he meets on the street.
Despite the restaurant’s small profit, Queen Ashtar’s owner Nadira decided to offer food to the TikTok star, who pretended to have no money. Dereniowski surprised her with $1,000 and started a GoFundMe aimed at helping the kind owner with her restaurant expenses. The GoFundMe campaign has raised $48,836 as of this writing.
Nadira, owner of Queen Ashtar (Image via TikTok/@mdmotivator)
Zachery Dereniowski posted his encounter with Nadir on his TikTok account, @mdmotivator, which has more than 16.8 million followers. The video, posted on Sunday, July 23, has had more than 5.5 million views on the platform. It was reposted as a reel on Dereniowski’s Instagram profile, @mdmotivator, and also racked up a whopping 5 million views.
Zachery Dereniowski started a GoFundMe to help Nadiri cover Queen Ashtar’s expenses
The day Zachery Dereniowski met Nadira at his restaurant, he set up a GoFundMe to help her with her expenses. The fundraiser was set with a goal of $50,000 and she has reached $48,836 from over 2,100 donations as of this writing.
“Earlier today, I visited Nadira’s restaurant, told her I had no money and she decided to feed me for free, despite only being her second guest of the day,” Zachery wrote on the GoFundMe page.
GoFundMe Page
He said he surprised her with $1,000, but was surprised when she mentioned that the restaurant had only made $200 this month until she met him. This led him to start a fundraising campaign.
“Let’s all unite and show Nadira and her restaurant Queen Ashtar the power of the internet and bless her family. All funds raised will go directly to the costs of her restaurant. She is kind and always loves,” she wrote.
Donors praised Nadira for her kindness (Image via GoFundMe)
Video of Zachery in Queen Ashtar goes viral
In the viral video, the TikToker could be seen talking to the owner, Queen Ashtar, telling her that she had no money but wanted to eat something because she was starving. Nadira motioned for the man to sit down and sit down. “Are you sure?” Dereniowski asked, “Okay,” Nadira replied. But the TikToker told him that he felt bad, but Nadira said:
“No, it’s okay, don’t feel bad, because it’s food, you know. It’s food, just food.”
Dereniowski asked her why she was helping him and she replied that it was because he was Jesus.
“Jesus said in the Bible, ‘I was hungry and you feed me,’ so I am helping you because one day I will come and ask for help, and you will do it for me. We are human,” Nadira explained.
Nadira gave him a food package and told him that it was fine and he didn’t need to pay.
“What is your dream?” Dereniowski asked Nadira. “My dream? Just for my son to be okay. I just want him to be healthy, that’s all. That’s what I want,” she replied.
A user claims to have worked with Nadira and praised her for always being a positive and caring person (Image via Instagram/@mdmotivator)
When Dereniowski handed him $1,000 in cash, he said:
– Actually I wanted to surprise you because you were nice to me.
He explained to a stunned Nadira that the money was for his work, his family and whatever he wanted to use it for. Through tears, Nadira revealed that since the beginning of July until now they have not managed to earn even $200.
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