Ambrosia Toribio Rojas

Ambrosia is 50 years old and lives with her husband and three young children who are in college. She has worked with livestock since she was very young, as her parents were livestock farmers. She also buys and sells animals in the markets close to her home, which she has been doing ever since she got married. She does this starting very early in the morning, when she leaves to take her animals to pasture in places far away so they can eat. This is the activity that she likes the most because she can get out with her sheep and be with them all morning, and then return to her home to prepare food. The difficult part is killing her sheep, because she is affectionate with all of them, but she has to do it so she can sell the meat, which she takes to the markets in a car that she managed to buy. Ambrosia's three children are her reason and hope to improve, as they are studying in different colleges in nearby cities. Now she is thinking of increasing her monthly income. She will achieve this by investing in the purchase of livestock that she can take to pasture and raise, so that after some time, she can sell them in the various cities close to her home.

Translated from Spanish by Laura Westin, Kiva Volunteer

Ambrosia tiene 50 años, vive con su esposo y sus 3 hijos jóvenes, quienes cursan estudios superiores. Se dedica a la ganadería desde muy niña, ya que sus padres fueron ganaderos, también compra y vende animales en los mercados cercanos a su localidad, lo cual lo viene realizando desde que se casó.Esta actividad la realiza desde muy de mañana, sale a pastear a sus animalitos en lugares lejanos donde puedan alimentarse, siendo esta la actividad que más le agrada, ya que puede salir con sus caneritos y estar con estos toda la mañana y regresa a su hogar a preparar los alimentos. Lo difícil es matar a sus carneritos, ya que les toma cariño a cada uno, pero tiene que hacerlo, para vender su carne, la que lleva a los mercados en un carro que logró adquirir.
Ambrosia tiene en sus tres hijos, su mayor motor y esperanza para mejorar, ya que están cursando estudios superiores en distintos institutos de las ciudades cercanas.
Ahora, está pensando incrementar sus ingresos mensuales, lo lograra invirtiendo en la compra de ganado que pueda pastear y criar, para que así, dentro de un tiempo, pueda venderlos y comercializarlos en las diversas ciudades de cercanas a su localidad.

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