Tatiana is a 40-year-old farmer from Cetireni village, Ungheni region, Moldova. She is married and has two sons, 11 and 18 years old. They are pupils. Her husband Ion works seasonally as a courier in Germany and in his free time he helps Tatiana to manage her farm.
Tatiana has been dealing with livestock for eight years. In her small farm she raises pigs and poultry. Tatiana sells more than 10 mature pigs each year and about 200 poultry. This is the main financial resource for Tatiana’s family. Additionally, she works 3 hectares of land, where she grows corn, wheat, and sunflowers for animal feed.
Tatiana’s elder son will graduate from school this year, and he wants to continue his studies at the university. To support her son, Tatiana needs to earn more so she decided to raise a lot of poultry. To make this happen, she is requesting a loan from Kiva to build a coop for her poultry. As a result she will expand the farm and will have the possibility to offer a decent future for her sons.