Walter

Walter is 46 years old. He is a very self-sacrificing head of the family and has "a thousand jobs". He has 3 children and owns his own home. From the time he was young, he has done agricultural work, an activity he inherited from his parents. But for him, agriculture sometimes results in scarce production and many times he does not recoup his investment. For this reason, he has been raising guinea pigs for the past 5 years, though he has not stopped planting potatoes and peas, which in certain seasons are very profitable.

Walter dedicates most of his time to his animals, as he wants to become a successful business owner. He started his business with guinea pigs of a lower quality, but now he is upgrading to a lineage of better quality, participating in all of the livestock fairs to exhibit his rodents. In the picture, Walter proudly shows us his female guinea pig, which is quite large.

In order to feed his guinea pigs, he plants alfalfa in irrigated plots, since with the passing of the months he has more animals and requires more pasture. He is very happy because this job has enabled him to work with engineers, from whom has is able to obtain very useful information to improve his business.

This is the fourth loan that he has taken out from MFP, and he has always paid very punctually. He has also served as the treasurer, a role he performed with great integrity. It is also worth noting he is the only man in his communal bank, and is therefore the favorite of the rest of the female members. With this loan he has decided to purchase fields planted with alfalfa or oats to feed his 200 guinea pigs, as well as fertilizer for his potato crops.

Translated from Spanish by Michele Magrino, Kiva Volunteer

Walter tiene 46 años de edad, es un padre de familia muy abnegado y de “mil oficios”, tiene 3 hijos y cuenta con una casa propia. De joven se dedicó a realizar los trabajos agrícolas, actividad heredada de sus padres; pero para él la agricultura, algunas veces, es de escasa producción y muchas veces no se recupera lo invertido. Por ello que hace 5 años viene dedicándose a la crianza de cuyes, pero sin dejar sus cultivos de papa, ni alverjas que en ciertas temporadas le son muy rentables. Su mayor tiempo les dedica a sus animales, ya que quiere convertirse en un empresario exitoso. Inició su negocio con cuyes de una raza menor, pero ahora está cambiando a una raza de mejor calidad, participando en todas las ferias agropecuarias para exhibir a sus roedores. Walter nos muestra en la foto, orgulloso, su “cobaya”, de un tamaño considerable. Para la alimentación de sus cuyes siembra alfalfa en sus chacras de riego, ya que con pasar de los meses sus animales se están incrementado y eso le demanda mayor cantidad de pasto. Él está muy feliz porque este negocio le ha permitido relacionarse con ingenieros, de quienes pudo obtener información muy valiosa para mejorar su actividad. Este es el cuarto préstamo que tiene con MFP, donde todo este tiempo vino pagando de forma muy puntual, asimismo ha cumplido la función de tesorero, cargo que cumplió con mucha honestidad y cabe mencionar que es el único varón en su banco comunal, por lo cual es el más querido por el resto de las socias. En esta oportunidad ha decidido en invertir en la compra de chacras sembradas de alfalfa o avena para alimentar a sus 200 cuyes, así como en la compra de fertilizante para sus cultivos de papas.

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