Rafaela lives with her four children. She works in agriculture for a living, growing corn with her children. She learned the process from her parents when she was young. Nowadays she does it with the help of her family, as this allows her to have staple grains for food.
She needs to buy fertilizer and herbicides, and to pay for labor to carry out her planting. In order to do this, she needs a loan that will cover her necessary expenses in order to get the work done well and have the opportunity to have a greater yield of staple grains.
Rafaela aspires to improve her family's finances and increase the yield from her crops, as this will allow her to have resources she needs for her family.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer anonymized. View original language description.