Darling is 37 and lives with his wife and two kids in the town of Trinidad. He has worked growing coffee, corn, and beans for the past 12 years, and prior to that worked as a day laborer in order to cover his needs.
He is requesting a loan of 30,000 Lempiras in order to maintain his plantation by purchasing fertilizers and manure to improve his crop. His goal is to have more plots of land, increase the scope of his work as well as the size of his crops.
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