Meilkan is 41 and married with three children. She has a high school education and has been working in agriculture and animal husbandry for 10 years, a business she started with 10,000 KGS. She currently has 7 hectares of land where she grows beans as well as a cow and 20 sheep, with a monthly income of about 10,000 KGS.
Meilkan has approached Bai Tushum Bank for a loan of 60,000 KGS to purchase a heifer to increase her headcount of livestock. Profits from the loan will allow her to develop her business.
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Translated from Russian by Kiva volunteer Kat Tancock. View original language description.