Wokai Member: Gang

My home is located in Saihudugeduguilong in Husitai in the town of Daban. This area is a desert. Living conditions are poor here and hardly anything ever grows. Natural disasters occur regularly and the sandstorms are ve...   [View Profile]

There are three people in my family. I have a 7 year-old son, who is very naughty and loves to sing very much. My husband often goes away for work and stays out of town for long periods of time, leaving me to do the hous...   [View Profile]

My name is Wuyungerele; I'm 35 years old and have a pair of adorable and clever twins. At the moment the girls are in their fifth year of primary school. Both of them are very good students and are intelligent. The four ...   [View Profile]

My name is Narenqiqige, and my family lives in a large village called Haoraoqin in Daban county. I have been taking out microloans for 10 years already. In these last 10 years, with the help of the microloans, my family’...   [View Profile]

My name is Lin Yuming. I live in Gongqiao village, in Zhouhe county. I have two kids. My wife and I are tailors and have been making clothes for the local farmers for a long time. Following our community's development, l...   [View Profile]

My name is Tuya, which means bright. My daughter is a senior in high school this year; my son graduated from college in 2008 and is now working. I am an ordinary herdswoman and have lived in pastoral areas for about twel...   [View Profile]

My name is Naren Gerile, which means “sunshine.” Our family has 3 members, and we live in Daban, Inner Mongolia. I have two sons, the oldest of which has already married. Because a few years ago we had to make plans for ...   [View Profile]

My name is Hasihua, I live with my family of three, though my husband is usually out delivering supplies. Originally the three of us lived in very poor conditions in a remote village quite a long way from Daban county to...   [View Profile]

My name is Wuyuncandan, and I am an ordinary herder. I am 39 years old and live in Daban village, Inner Mongolia, where my family makes a living from animal husbandry and growing crops on a few acres of land. I have been...   [View Profile]

My name is Chagancandan. In 2004, I moved to where I live now: Bayantala Sumubamu Tunaizhan no. 36. All three of my daughters have graduated from college and have started working, and my son has already started a family ...   [View Profile]

My name is Hasi Siqige, I have borrowed microloans before. My family lives in Daban town, Baolige Gacha Wuxing village (Duguilong). Now there is only me and my husband, our children already got married. The source of our...   [View Profile]

My name is Nie Fengjuan, I'm 40 years old, my family has four members, we live near Daban Town in Taobai village. We are quite a normal peasant family. The place where I live is a mountain village, where crop cultivation...   [View Profile]

Last year I rented some land in my village and used it to raise piglets, that have consumed a significant amount of both my family's human and economic resources. I taught my wife how to raise piglets, so now I have time...   [View Profile]

My name is Wurenqimuge and I am an ordinary herder. Furthermore, I have been director of the regional microfinance center for 11 years. Before microcredit became available, all herders here entrusted their fates and thos...   [View Profile]

My name is Baojin, I’m 49 years old, and I live with my family of three as simple herders from Masitalagacha Village in Danban Township. My son is very good at school. He took the college entrance exam last year, and was...   [View Profile]

My name is Lianhua, and I am 33 years old. My family lives about 20 km from Daban city, in a place called Bayantalasumu County, Baomutu village. Our neighborhood includes good transportation; and the villagers are engage...   [View Profile]

I am from Yilong county, Shuangsheng New Buddhist temple village, 5th society. My name is Tang Guoling and I am 38 years old. My family has three members: my child who is over six years old now, my wife who is from Anhui...   [View Profile]

My name is Cheng Yuk Wah, and I live in the 3rd community of the Shuang Long Village, which is located in the Chou River Township. There are four people in my family. Initially, my husband left home and worked as a manua...   [View Profile]

My name is Narenqimuge; I am 51 years old and I am a regular user of microcredit loans. I live in community number four in the village of Shabutai, Chaganmulun County. Sadly, my husband passed away due to illness some ye...   [View Profile]

My name is Narisu; I’m 34 years old. I live with my family in community number four in the village of Shabutai. I have a clever and adorable daughter called Suman who is twelve years old. She attends school in Sumi and i...   [View Profile]

My name is Siqinqimuge, and I live in Daban county, in the village of Baoligegacha. I am an ordinary herder and I have been using microloans for 11 years now. Eleven years ago, our family's life was very difficult. We li...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhou Jinping. I’m 36 years old and live in Baiyancun, 7th community. Altogether there are six people in our family including ourselves, our elderly parents, and our two middle-school-aged children. I have neve...   [View Profile]

I am Xu Jintan and I am 47 this year. I have been borrowing micro-loans for 10 years already. Ten years ago, my family’s income relied on farming several acres of land, in addition to hiring ourselves out for work. At th...   [View Profile]

My name is Deng Ringying, and I’m 35 years old. I’m from out of town. Because my family was very poor, I only have a primary school education. At 16, I started doing manual labor. By the time I was 24, I still hadn’t had...   [View Profile]

My name is Xu Qilian and I live in Liangshan village, 2nd community. I am 60 years old. There are four people in my family. My oldest daughter works in Guangdong Province, near Hong Kong, and my younger son just graduate...   [View Profile]

My name is Xu Guiqiong and I am 36 years old and the head of a family of 8. I married my husband in 1991. Because we were quite poor, we both left in 1992 to work as migrant workers. First, we went to Xinjiang to grow co...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhu Kun; I’m forty-one and live with my family on Ma’an Street. Although we are located in a geographically favourable area and have very convenient transport links there is a heavy burden on my family at the ...   [View Profile]

My name is Siri Guleng, which means “clever.” I’m 34 years old and I only just got married 3 years ago. I have a very lively and adorable son named Jin Peng. My parents-in-law also live with us. They’re health isn’t very...   [View Profile]

My name is Yuan Xiaofu. I am from Yilonggou village, Saijin town, Yilong County. I am 29 years old, and I have a middle-school level education. I have a family of four: Two children, one son and one daughter. My son is i...   [View Profile]

My name is Siqingerige and I am 42 years old. My family and I live in Shijiazi village, which is part of Daban town. Together, there are five of us, including my mother-in-law, who is 79. However, we recently lost my fat...   [View Profile]

My family lives in Shuangsheng village, Yilong county, Sichuan province. Yilong is among China's poorest counties with predominantly rural households struggling to make ends through migrant labor, as they cannot rely on ...   [View Profile]

My name is Siriguleng, which means "intelligent". I am 51 years old, and I live in Daban town Shijiazigacha village. When I was little, I had a lot of siblings, and our lives were very difficult. After I was married, my ...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhangmingqiong, and I am 46 years old. I live in Shuangsheng county, in the Qunli community. There are four people in my family, including my husband and two sons. Our oldest son is already working. Every year...   [View Profile]

My name is Rao Zhenfeng and I live in community no. 4 in the village of Pingguo, Zhouhe township. My family consists of four people. My wife who is doing some farming at home and my two children. The eldest are graduatin...   [View Profile]

My name is Burenqimuge and I am 30 year old. There are three of us in my family and my daughter is at junior high school in Daban County. In 2009, when microcredit became available in Baomutugecham I took out a microloan...   [View Profile]

My name is Hudagula and I am 48 this year. I’m a herdsman in Shijiazi Village, near Daban Town, where I live with my three-person family. Our village is a well-known for its poor conditions. When I got married, my husban...   [View Profile]