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Rosa Lilian Peña and Raymundo Calderón
El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua

Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by a disease so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I’ve also had three pigs, through the project. I was given 25 chicks, and we were taught how to manage poultry, now I have 200 chickens. I have planted about 500 trees, coconut, mandarin, lemon, orange, papaya, grenadine, passion fruit, bananas, plantains, lots of yuca, and more.”

Rosa Lilian says: “Thank God, we’ve had this project with CIEETS, we got the chicks, the team taught us about poultry management, and we’ve been selling the chicken, it’s helped us a lot economically, we’ve been able to help our children and pay for their education. Our eldest son is beginning to study medicine at university, we’re paying for that with the profit we make from the chickens.”

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Rosa Lilian Peña and Raymundo Calderón<br /> El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br /> <br /> Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by a disease so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I’ve also had three pigs, through the project. I was given 25 chicks, and we were taught how to manage poultry, now I have 200 chickens. I have planted about 500 trees, coconut, mandarin, lemon, orange, papaya, grenadine, passion fruit, bananas, plantains, lots of yuca, and more.” <br /> <br /> Rosa Lilian says: “Thank God, we’ve had this project with CIEETS, we got the chicks, the team taught us about poultry management, and we’ve been selling the chicken, it’s helped us a lot economically, we’ve been able to help our children and pay for their education. Our eldest son is beginning to study medicine at university, we’re paying for that with the profit we make from the chickens.”