Carlos Antonio
A loan of $1,000 helps to buy fertiliser for his corn and banana crops.
Carlos Antonio's story
Carlos is single and lives with his two independent children who are 44 and 38. He does have family who live abroad. Carlos has been cultivating banana and corn crops for the past 3 years to be used by his family or sold. His father taught him this trade. He works with his nephew from 6am to 11am. Carlos works on his own land, which is an advantage as he can continue this business.
He will use this loan to invest in his business. This money will buy fertilisers to maintain his crops, in addition, it can pay the workers. He hopes that this investment into his business will produce abundant crops which he will sell and earn from.
Carlos's dream is to continue with his business, by widening his crop area and having more economic stability to fufil his various obligations.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteerMolly Gardiner. View original language description.