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Seasonal business: selling smoked fish on the beaches of Issyk-Kul

Kadyrova Gulzhan is an incredibly energetic, strong woman and loyal client of Kompanion Bank for 12 years.  Gulzhan is a pensioner, but she has not been at home for a day.  In addition to having six adult children and 12 grandchildren with whom she spends quite a lot of time, Gulzhan has a long-term seasonal business - selling smoked fish on the beaches of Issyk-Kul Lake in summer.

In Balykchy,  tourists  know her as they  come every year to warm themselves on the warm sands of their favorite guest houses, as well as local residents who live and work here all year round.  The working day of the woman begins early - at half past five in the morning.  You need to order and buy in bulk the necessary amount of fish per day.  Taking the right amount of smoked fish, the businessman goes to the beach and sells fish to people.  Every day Gulzhan bypasses the beaches of two settlements, which is about ten kilometers a day.  When asked if it is hard for her to work this way every day, the woman is genuinely surprised: "Movement is life!  I do not believe that I'm working on wear and tear.  On the contrary, if I do not, I start to feel worse. Even being pregnant, I did not change my schedule.  Work is my everything!  Thanks to my business, we were able to buy real estate in Bishkek and two cars, including a truck for business.  When in 2005 I just started my business, I took the first loan in the Kompanion to buy a freezer and sold ice cream.  Then I decided that the freezer could be put in a cafe, owned by my good friends in the guest house, while I myself can walk on beaches and sell fish.More than 200 pieces of smoked fish can be sold per day. This is a good salary.  I love my job, and besides, my youngest son helps me.  From 10 am to 3 pm we work on different beaches.  And at three o'clock we meet and have dinner together.  If you want to swim, then we go to the beach already as holidaymakers, but it's only to cool down, then again for work.  My children now live in Bishkek and often send their grandsons here in the summer to the lake.  I am a happy grandmother - I earn money for the needs of our entire large family and spend the summer surrounded by my beloved grandchildren!  Recently I opened a children's deposit in the Kompanion Bank for my grandchildren. "In the winter and autumn, Gulzhan and her husband also do not sit idle: the spouses work as guard at one of Bishkek's enterprises." Looking at this enterprising woman with a positive attitude and strong character, she admires her hard work.

"In the winter and autumn, Gulzhan and her husband also do not sit idle: the spouses work as guard at one of Bishkek's enterprises." Looking at this enterprising woman with a positive attitude and strong character, she admires her hard work.

 

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