El Pino De Ocoshal Group

In this Group:
Natalia Piña Gonzalez, Maria Luisa Sebastian Piña, Cristina Venegas Soto, Elodia Piña Gonzalez

Señora Natalia is 51 years old and lives in Donaciano Ojeda, a small community of indigenous people in the municipality of Zitacuaro, in the state of Michoacán. In this place people organize themselves to monitor their community forest; they form tree conservation brigades to protect the environment, because it's where they get food and raw material for handicrafts. Nati, as she is called by her family, has three minor children, the youngest of which is 9 years old. She has not lived with her husband for some years; as a result she assumed the responsibility for her children and since then she has worked hard to support her family. Señora Natalia wishes to invest in the handcrafted production of ocoshal (beautiful pieces made of woven pine fibers collected from the forest) and in transportation to sell these handicrafts in other regions. Nati normally collects the dry pine fibers on her own in the forest after this material has fallen off of the trees, and then transforms these fibers into beautiful handcrafted pieces with a very natural aroma. She wishes to continue investing in this activity and aspires to have sufficient resources to achieve its commercialization in other regions where there are no sales. Señora Natalia joined the group "El pino de Ocoshal" (The Pine of Ocoshal) because she knows all of the members of the group and describes them as responsible and hardworking people who are dedicated to the production of this craft and the cultivation of avocados.

Translated from Spanish by Lisa Grobar, Kiva Volunteer

NATALIA PIÑA GONZALEZ
GRUPO: EL PINO DE OCOSHAL

La señora Natalia de 51 años de edad vive en la comunidad de Donaciano Ojeda, un pequeño pueblo Indígena en el Municipio de Zitacuaro, Michoacán. Un lugar donde las personas se organizan para vigilar su bosque comunal haciendo brigadas de conservación de árboles protegiendo su medio ambiente, pues es de ahí de donde ellos obtienen alimentos y la materia prima para elaborar la artesanía.

Doña Nati como la llaman sus familiares tiene 3 hijos menores de edad, de los cuales la mas pequeña tiene 9 años. Ella no vive con su esposo desde hace algunos años por lo cual asumió la responsabilidad de sus hijos y desde entonces a trabajado mucho para impulsar a su familia. La señora Natalia desea invertir en la elaboración de artesanía de ocoshal y en el transporte para salir a comercializarla a otras regiones.

La señora Nati normalmente recolecta por su propia cuenta la hoja seca del pino en el bosque, después que los árboles ya han desechado esta materia, para transformar esta fibra en bellas piezas artesanales con un olor muy natural. Ella desea seguir invirtiendo en esta actividad y anhela tener los recursos suficientes para lograr su comercialización en otras regiones pues localmente no hay muchas ventas.

La señora Natalia se unió al grupo "El pino de Ocoshal" porque conoce a todas las integrantes del grupo y las describe como personas responsables y trabajadoras dedicadas a la elaboración de artesanías y al cultivo de aguacates.





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