Betzabeth Maria Garcia Navarro owns a farm, "He Effort" in El Mojon (SASL), among the eighty who are benefiting from the "Project for Strengthening the capacities of communities of micro- River basin SASL for sustainable management of natural resources "in Jinotega. Besides collaborating with the Project, its been a host family for the new ESF PCRs of Galicia in Nicaragua. This is his interview:
"Mrs. Bathsheba" patting tortillas xunta a sua neta "Bersita "
How do you feel has improved his farm since he started the project?
For my sake, because all you have given us has been good for our farm improvements, we have improved a lot.
What problems has given the project?
Problems? None. All right. All normal.
What products is specifically benefiting your family?
of fruit bats, reforestation, a pigsty, now also gave us a chicken coop, tool, coffee seedlings to improve the farm, grass taiwan ...
What can you say about the work of technicians? How does the work of Don Carlos and Don Silvio?
perfectly, because they have visited us, we have trained, have given us food in the training, they behave very well with us in all aspects.
Monitoring valerian as Barreiras na milpa with Ronald
What is your relationship with other families benefiting? Did it improve since all were summoned to the same project?
improved. For me, therefore, that all good.
Is there anything you would like to be included in the project in the future?
For me it would be good latrine, because here in the community there is no proper latrines. There are, but they are damaged. It would be nice to helped us, if you can, then. It would be good for the community. For best conditions, the households.
How long are the toilets?
As fourteen fifteen years.
What parts of the house would like to replace or improve or change?
change it, because my roof is wrong. You can see here that is not right. The main wooden pillars wrong. The roof, you see that is smaller, is wrong. Sure it was good to be possible, but this is my life.
Once you finish the project, "is able to continue managing the farm?
course. Perfectly. Because we have given training to learn ourselves to improve, then we have to continue, we need not stuck there.
Do you think that, overall, the community of SASL, will remain the best practices that were imparted in the training of Don Carlos and Don Silvio?
For me yes, because I understand that if we are for the good of us, to each beneficiary. Because it was an excellent training we received them, to improve, not deteriorate.
citrus you Monitoring na horta with Othniel
How would the possibility of joining the families benefiting from the project, for example by forming a cooperative of organic coffee as we saw in Mancotal?
Well, to me it would be good because, well, you know you have better support associated with the cooperative or improvements on the farm. Because maybe you do organic farm management. So for me it would be good then, but we must have a beginning, perhaps to organize.
gender of the trainers, the last to be given, what think? Did you like? Are they good for the lifestyle of the community of SASL?
Perfect. For me is perfect because you know that maybe in the households the husband does not help one to manage and learn a little man and perhaps the children. So share with. It was perfectly fine. So they learn and learn we, the wives, mothers with children.
A sow Doll, na galera do Proxecto, sae de contas this month
Well, then, These were the questions we had prepared, is there anything else you want to add on issues affecting the community right now SASL? Any structural deficiencies that would have to sue the authorities as power lines?
course. For example here we need the light. No electricity, because in our community, SASL down if there is, but up here we were always so. And there have been many meetings to management that we bring the light but are only talks. For example, have been three times to see if we put the light and so far it is everything. You have to see how it does a by its means, for example, I in my case I have the economic resources to do so. It would be nice, then, would improve and in this way.
What they have is not lighting? Do they make spending on batteries, batteries?
in batteries and gas. Because you know that here in the field you spend. Because for example I have my furnace work, sometimes do things early, sometimes quite late and then occupy the gas, and spend it.
Okay. Well, with this end.
Well, for my part I thank participating with me in my hogar, and I hope that is not the first nor the last, which is each other longer.
Navarro Family, the fifth "He Effort"