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Maria Consuelo is 52 years old and is a strong, hard-working woman who has a great desire to get ahead. Despite her age, she doesn't stop dreaming big. She is a housewife and has been a farmer since she was a girl. Her parents taught her the various techniques and methods to harvest and cultivate coffee. This is her primary source of income to support her family and household's well-being. The home is made up of seven chidlren, Maria and her husband. Among the family members, they support each other to attend to the production and maintenance of the coffee crops including the application of fertilizer, foliation, and the cleaning of the crops, etc.
Maria Consuelo has an incomplete primary school education because her parents could only support her in the first three grades. Due to lack of resources, they could not continue supporting her. Her goals and dreams are to cultivate more coffee through the purchase of land with a different type of coffee to offer a new product in the market. In this way her income will increase and she will help her children with their schooling so that they can graduate and have a better future for themselves and future generations. For this reason Maria Consuelo is requesting the support to buy fertilizer, manure, and other products that will help her attend to the harvest this year. This will allow her to control the pests and diseases that affect the coffee harvest when left untreated, making her more secure and productive.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer anonymized. View original language description.
