A loan helped to buy seeds which he will sow and fertilizers for the maintenance of his corn, bean and sorghum cultivation.


Jose Amparo's story

José is 66 years old and he lives together with his family, which is made up of his 64-year-old wife and a 23-year-old child and two grandchildren of 23 and 15 years of age. He has three children and two of them are outside the country. José has a business of cultivating and selling basic grains, which he cultivates himself and when he brings in the harvest he puts it up for sale.

He learned this activity from his father and has an experience of 50 years.

He will invest the loan in the cultivation of two manzanas of land. He will sow: sorghum, corn, beans to carry out the described cultivation.

He will buy seeds which he will sow and fertilizers for the maintenance of his corn, bean and sorghum cultivation.

This investment will help him to care for his cultivations and obtain an excellent harvest.

His aim is to teach his children and his grandchildren to harvest basic grains so that they will be independent.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Linda Biebrich.


This loan is special because:

It builds opportunity for people older than 60.



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