The woman in the photograph is Sitora, a 37-year-old who lives with her family in Nosiri Khusrav District. She has been growing vegetables and other crops for ten years at this point. Sitora has applied for a loan in order to improve the soil that she has seeded. She has finished the sowing, so now it is time to condition the soil. Sitora has applied for a loan in hopes that she will be given help and will bring in a rich harvest.
Translated from Russian by Kiva volunteer Liv Bliss. View original language description.