Orfa Floresmilda Costanza Cobon
Santo Domingo

Orfa has three children, a 19-year-old son Froidis, a 17-year-old daughter Deris and 14-year-old son Darvin.  Both Deris and Darvin are in school. Her husband and Froidis work on farms in the US from December — June on a six-month visa program. Her husband has been doing this for 16 years. You can tell she has been running this farm herself.

She is definitely a leader in the Women's group. She spoke about the importance the group is to her. Through the organizing, the women have access to training and grants. She has goats from Heifer International used for meat and milk. She also has a room on her house with a bread-making business.  Some of the women’s group bake bread together once a week to sell and supply their families.  

While visiting with Orfa she was washing the coffee and with her son’s help laying it out on the patio to dry. She also spent some time raking the coffee on the patio to assure even drying.  She is a hard-working, forward-thinking woman.