The story of the Mladenov family
The Mladenov family
Aleksandar is 47 years old, and he is married to Emilia, who is 37 years old, the two of them work on a family farm where they raise cows and goats, and other domestic animals. But the most important thing for them are the animals that produce milk, because they later produce cheese and sell it as well as the milk they sell. Until the beginning of Covid19, Emilija sold milk and cheese every morning at the local market in Dimitrovgrad, and from the sale of dairy products they create living conditions and provide an opportunity for their daughters, who are 9 years old, Juliana and Jelena are twins. When Covid19 started, Emilia had to stop selling her dairy products in the market, so she started going from house to house to sell, but since a state of emergency and curfew were imposed, they were prevented from they don’t sell anything for a few days because they weren’t allowed to go out, and even when they could, a lot of people gave up shopping because they didn’t want to risk having contact with someone. And the only income they had at the time of Covid19 dropped significantly. They were forced to start selling milk to a local dairy, which conditioned them to sell it to them at a very low price because they had no choice but to sell it elsewhere. They say they can’t wait for this period of the epidemic to pass, because they hope that the price of milk will rise again as it was before. Their farm is located on a hill outside the city where they live, so when there was a state of emergency and curfew, they were forced to sleep sometimes on the farm, where they do not have the conditions for the whole family to sleep, because there is only one room.
Ph/ Vladimir Zivojinovic
