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Ximena Yessenia is 41 years old. She is in a common law relationship and has three children who are 21, 18, and 13 years old. Her partner is a construction worker and farmer.
They live in Rocafuerte, an excellent agricultural centre of hardworking people who are dedicated to field work and raising animals.
She is a hardworking woman who seeks a way to earn an income and with it support her partner in providing for their household and their children.
They have a farm where they have several hectares of coconut trees. They use systems of natural irrigation, as well as organic fertilizers and insecticides, with which they try to protect the environment. Each time they collect the coconuts, they then go to sell them at the local market or they sell them to business owners who come to their farm to take them to other cities.
This loan is to buy organic fertilizers and insecticides to improve their production.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Catherine Dyck. View original language description.
