Wokai Member: William

My name is Wu Dinghong. My family has six people. Before we took out our first micro-loan, our family relied on planting crops to make a living. We had to support both our parents and our children. Life was extremely dif...   [View Profile]

My name is Rao Shijin, and I'm 57 years old this year. There are 6 people in my household. Our home is located in a remote mountain area and in order to allow my grand-kids to get the best education and live a better lif...   [View Profile]

My name is Hu Dagula and I am 47 years old. I am a herder living in Daban County Shijiazigacha Village. There are three people in my family. Shijiazigacha Village is known to be a poor village. Just after I married, I ha...   [View Profile]

My name is Shen Yuxian, and I am 34 years old. My family lives in the community of Fangba, which is located in a remote mountainous region. We don’t have any sources of income besides growing crops, and our family has al...   [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 Jiang Zhitong, and I live in District 5 of Xiangtan Village, Shuangsheng Town. There are six people in our family, and my five daughters have all grown up and married. Because we don't have any sons, my third ...   [View Profile]

My name is Wurina, which means "especially skillful." I am 38 years old this year. I'm a common herdsman, as well as a long-time micro-credit borrower. There are three people in my family. Because my child has been sick ...   [View Profile]

My name is Wu Dinghong. My family has six people. Before we took out our first micro-loan, our family relied on planting crops to make a living. We had to support both our parents and our children. Life was extremely dif...   [View Profile]

My name is Sa Rina, which means Shandan. I will be 37 years old this year. I live happily with my husband and daughter. My husband works in construction. My daughter is already 14 years old. She is a top student in her j...   [View Profile]

My name is Gaowa, which means 'beautiful'. I live in Bayanhan village, near Chifeng in Inner Mongolia. I am thirty six years old and there are four people in my household; me, my husband, my eleven year old daughter who ...   [View Profile]

My name is Deng Junming, and I live in Pon-Lai 6 Society in Ma-An town. I’m 43 years old, and I have a wife and two kids. Because we live in the mountains where droughts occur often, our lives are very difficult. In 2003...   [View Profile]

My name is Hasigaowa, which means "precious jade." I’m 47 years old, and there are four people in my family. I live in Chifeng City. My two daughters are in school, and they study very hard to succeed. In order to meet t...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhou Xianghua and I am 43 years old this year. There are three people in my family. My family has always been farmers. During the off-season I can go elsewhere and take temporary jobs. During busier times I mu...   [View Profile]

My name is Aotegensiqige, I am 38 years old and my family lives in a village called Guisitai which is quite far from Daban town. There are three people in my family. My daughter is in middle school and she studies very h...   [View Profile]

My name is Fazhen Xu. There are three people in my family and we live in Pingqiao Village, near Dayin Town of Yilong County. Before we received a microloan, we worked in grain production but were unable to make ends meet...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhao Fengqin. I am 42 years old. I have a family of three, including my 16-year-old daughter who is currently in middle school. Originally, my husband and I worked at department stores and did supply and marke...   [View Profile]

My name is Jiang Zhitong. I live in Shuangsheng town, Xiangtan village. My family has six members. My five daughters are already grown up and married. Because I don't have a son, three of my daughters stayed at home. Now...   [View Profile]

My name is Narensiqige, which means flowers under the sun. I am a 46 year old woman living in Mastalagacha Village, Daban Town. There are three people in my family, and our daughter is in college right now. The whole fam...   [View Profile]

I am a common peasant woman, who lives in Inner Mongolia. There are four people at home in my family. Both my children are in university right now. My son Sulide (“majestic”) is in his final semester while my daughter Su...   [View Profile]

I heard that there had been a change of fortunes in my home town in recent years as a lot of economic development had happened there and I thought that this represented a good opportunity for me. As I am still young I wa...   [View Profile]

My name is Fu Zhongqiang. I’m 37 years old. My family of six consists of my elderly parents, my wife and two children. We own a plot of land that is 2.4 acres, which we use to harvest food crops; after using the harvest ...   [View Profile]

My name is Qi Xiurong; I’m 44 years old and there are three people in my family. My two daughters and I live in a village in the mountains, not too far from the county capital. Our family is very poor. In fact it is so p...   [View Profile]

I am 39 years old and this is the first time I have applied for a Wokai micro-loan. There are three people in my family; me, my husband and our daughter. We live together in the countryside and in the past have found our...   [View Profile]

My name is Xiaorong Chen and I am 36 years old this year. I live on Shangmao Street in Fuxing town. There are four people in my family, including my husband and I and our two kids. I am from Chungking city. I met my husb...   [View Profile]

My name is Wu Yong, I live in Fulin Jinguang Sishe, and I am 42 years old. There are four people in my family. One of our kids went straight to work right after graduating from high school last year; and the younger one ...   [View Profile]

My name is Xiu Ying and I am 34 years old. Our family of three lives in Daban township. We have a lively and adorable three year-old daughter. When I was young, my family was not financially stable. I only finished junio...   [View Profile]

Hello. My name is Li Guiqin, and I'm 56 this year. There are only 2 of us in our family. My husband has been working away from home for some time, so I've been left to myself to operate a small business to make ends meet...   [View Profile]

My name is Jiang Zhiwu, and I'm a resident of Yilong County, Shuangsheng Town, Zhongming 3rd Group. I'm 55 years old, and my family has six members: my wife and me, our son, our daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. Bec...   [View Profile]

I’m 30 years old and have been taking out micro-credit loans for 3 years. There are three people in my family including my husband, five-year old son and me. My son is a clever and very mischievous boy. My life has impro...   [View Profile]

My name is Aoen Sandan. I am 41 years old. There are three people in my family. We live in the greater Masita Lagecha village area. Sewing has been my favorite hobby since I was a little girl. After I graduated from midd...   [View Profile]

My name is Luo Biwen and I live in Shifo village. I am 67 years old this year. I am a retired elementary school teacher and have now been retired for several years. My children have already left home; my grandchildren al...   [View Profile]

I’m a woman from Shuangsheng Village, 1st community, and my name is Xiong Yurong. I’m thirty years old and my family has 3 members. I have a lively and adorable daughter; she’s quite lovely. A few years ago, my husband a...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhao Xuewen, I am 37 years old, I live in Linlang 8th society. My family has 4 members, of my two children one goes to high school and one to junior middle school. In the street where we live I have rented a s...   [View Profile]

My name is Hasigaowa, I am 32 this year and I live with my family of three in town called Daban. I met my husband while working in a city nearby, and like me, he comes from a family of herders. As we both come from poor ...   [View Profile]

My name is Fu Yazun. I’m 30 years old this year. My home is in Sichuan. I live with my husband and my two twins who just turned five. Because we do not have much money, we live in a space that’s less than 30 square meter...   [View Profile]

My name is LinYuming. I live in the arched bridge village 3 society at ZhouHe county. I am 42 years old and have two kids. My wife and I are tailors and have been making clothes for the local farmers for a long time. My ...   [View Profile]

My name is Xiong Yurong and I live in the residential district of the town Shuangsheng with my husband and two children. Some time ago I was engaged in a small clothing store, but the business was not very good. After so...   [View Profile]

My name is SiQinTongLaGa which means "bright" in Mandarin. This year I'm 40 years old. I live in BaYanHan village of Daban county in Inner Mongolia. I have an intelligent and lovable daughter who studies in the elementar...   [View Profile]

My name is E'erdeng Tuya, and Iam 49 years old. I have two people in my household, and we live in the middle of the sand-covered Horqin district, Daban town, Husitai Gachaba Yanerdeng village. We are more than 50 li (~20...   [View Profile]

My name is Sa Rina, which means Morning Star Lily. This year I'm 35 years old and I have a happy family. My husband works at a construction plant, my daughter is 12 years old, she's currently in 6th grade. She's a very g...   [View Profile]

My name is Han Xiuxia, and I am from Haoraoqingachajinxing village in the Daban township. It's just me and my husband now as our children have all married and moved away. I have used microloans several times before. Ten ...   [View Profile]

My name is Jinxiang and I live in Daban County, Shijiazigacha Village. My two sons and daughter have all moved into town to find work, so my home is now comprised of only two elderly people. In order to lessen the burden...   [View Profile]

My name is Xu Huarong, and I'm 43 years old this year. There are four people in my household. My husband has had to leave town to work, and my first son is a freshman in college while the younger one is a senior in high ...   [View Profile]

My name is Li Guozhen, and I am 45 years old. I live in Shuangdu town, Yongjiu village and there are five people in my family. My husband and I have two sons and one daughter. My three little ones are in school; the olde...   [View Profile]

My name is Jin Fengrong. I am 39 years old. My 16 year old daughter is in junior high school and my husband is a driver. My husband’s family was big — he had four siblings — and life at home was very difficult. My husban...   [View Profile]

My name is Wuyungaowa, and I am 48 years old. I live in Daban county, Shijiazigacha village. I borrowed a micro-loan 10 years ago. Ten years ago, our lives as herdspeople here depended on agriculture and raising livestoc...   [View Profile]

My name is Siqintuya, I am 42 years old and I live in Daban County. Previously throughout the county, our village was well known for being impoverished and having extremely arid land. Every family’s livelihood depended o...   [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 Siqintuya and there are three people in my family. My son works in a nearby town, while my husband and I work in the countryside where we both grew up. Due to our family being poor, we have always had to work ...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhang Jundian. I live in a village in ZhouHe County. I am 40 years old and I have a family of 4 people. My family’s financial situation is not very good and I count on my stone-cutting labor to support my fami...   [View Profile]

My name is Sarengaowa, which means beautiful moon. I am 37 years old and live in Inner Mongolia with my husband and daugher. My daughter is currently in the fourth grade, and she likes to sing, dance, and draw. I have ta...   [View Profile]

My name is Xu Ercong and I live in Community number 3 of Liangshan Village in Zhouhe Township. This year I am 48 years old and my family includes my wife, son, daughter-in-law, and a small grandson. Our lives together ar...   [View Profile]

My name is Siqingaowa (which means "pretty and smart"). I am just an ordinary farm girl who has used microfinance for many years now. Everyone in my family of four are farmers. My son Badaerhu ("prosperity") is in high s...   [View Profile]

I am Luo Zhilong of Zhouhe Jinguang Number 4 Village. I am 45 this year and there are five people in my family. Because we are located so far from town, our living conditions are quite rustic and daily life is unusually ...   [View Profile]

My name is Bayasula, it means joy. I am 23 years old and live in Inner Mongolia. There are four people in my family. My parents both live in the pastoral areas. I graduated from college last year and my younger brother i...   [View Profile]

My name is E’erdun Nabuqi. I’m 42 and live with my family in the village of Baomutu, Bayantalasumu county, Balinyouqi district. It was in the August of 2009 that I first heard of the concept of microfinance from another ...   [View Profile]

I am from Jinshi Village, within the Shuansheng township of Yilong County, Sichuan. My name is Yang Yucai and I am 65 years old. Twenty years ago, when I was in my early 40s, my wife died from an illness. At that time, I...   [View Profile]

My name is Qiu Lian and I live in Zhou He village. My oldest son has already grown up and supports himself, but I am still supporting a younger son and a daughter in addition to myself. My younger son leases his labour a...   [View Profile]

My home is located in Qianqiutian village, in the township of Fuxing. My name is Xiong Min and I am 25 years old. I support a family of five: my two parents, my wife and a one-year-old son. My home is 5 km away from the ...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhao Shuqin. I'm 49 years old, and I live in Hongxing village, Daban town. I have two children, who have both settled down and gotten jobs. So, it's just me and my husband left at home. We make a living by far...   [View Profile]