Artak's story

Artak sends his great thanks and regards for his first Kiva deal and is asking for a second Kiva loan and support. He lives with his large family in the frontier village of Vazashen in the Tavush region. Artak is still engaged in his devoted activity and he is busy with beekeeping. He has a lot of bee families and he manages to sell a lot of honey to a number of his regular customers from the whole region. Artak also has a plot of land on which he cultivates potatoes, beans, cucumbers, and greens. He has a lot of apples, pears, persimmons, and fig trees. Artak sells all his farm products to his regular customers. Artak is asking for this loan now, as he wants to enlarge his number of bee families and buy piglets for his farm and fodder for them, as he hopes that very soon the swine bring some additional income for his family.