Story of an animal breeder

Hussain Afzal Published June 5, 2012
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, takes a break from work while doing chores on his neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, takes a break from work while doing chores on his neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, carries a wooden stake while doing chores on his neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, carries a wooden stake while doing chores on his neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, takes the cows to a pasture on his neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, takes the cows to a pasture on his neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, milks a cow before dawn on a neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, milks a cow before dawn on a neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, grinds corn stalks for animal fodder on a neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, grinds corn stalks for animal fodder on a neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, rests with his hands on his knee while doing chores on a neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, rests with his hands on his knee while doing chores on a neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, carries cornstalks to be grinded into animal fodder as he does his daily chores on a neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, carries cornstalks to be grinded into animal fodder as he does his daily chores on a neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, loads cornstalks onto a cart to be grinded into animal fodder as he does his daily chores on his neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.
Cuban farmhand Bienvenido Castillo, nicknamed Lilly, loads cornstalks onto a cart to be grinded into animal fodder as he does his daily chores on his neighbour's dairy farm in Aranguito near Havana.

Lilly has been working as a cow herder and animal breeder for the past 25 years. In spite of his age at 74-years-old and having underwent a colostomy, he works some 16 hours and walks at least 9 miles (14 km) a day. The milk from the cows he raises is collected and brought to a state cooperative and then distributed to schools, old folks' homes and state rationing shops. – Photo and text by Reuters

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