{"id":9588,"date":"2017-05-04T07:50:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T07:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/?p=9588"},"modified":"2019-12-04T13:17:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T12:17:13","slug":"the-merit-of-being-mistress-of-your-own-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/the-merit-of-being-mistress-of-your-own-fate\/","title":{"rendered":"The merit of being mistress of your own fate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first day that Br\u00edgida had to milk the twelve cows her husband had bought, she was exhausted by the end. After over three hours of hard work, she couldn\u2019t even rest: \u201cThat night I hardly slept. Not because I wasn\u2019t tired, but because I was thinking about what I had got myself into\u201d, she remembers now. 25 years have gone by and since then, <strong>together with her husband, she has been producing and selling fresh cow\u2019s milk from her smallholding.<\/strong> A business in which they have persuaded consumers to appreciate the taste of fresh milk, so different from industrial production, and sold at a competitive price too.<\/p>\n<p>Having left school before finishing primary education and with no stockbreeding experience, Br\u00edgida had to deal with the harsh reality involved in starting up a business and keeping it going. But <strong>she kept at it and applied for a DOP 95,000 (EUR 1,800) loan from Banco Adopem.<\/strong> Today, she and her husband have over 90 cows and, despite the difficulties, hard work and uncertainties they face on a daily basis, she faces them with a smile.<\/p>\n<p>These were the reasons that led them to fight for a better life: <strong>to improve their standard of living, the money the business brings in and above all, the feeling that she is the mistress of her own destiny.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first day that Br\u00edgida had to milk the twelve cows her husband had bought, she was exhausted by the end. 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