Wokai Member: Amanda

My name is Dai Xiaoer and I am thirty this year. I am the third of five siblings. Because of having to raise so many of us, my parents lived through tough times. With so many children, there wasn't enough money for schoo...   [View Profile]

My name is Bairisandan, 42 years old. We have three generations living together in my household- we all live in the village of Derisugazha, near Daban. My mother passed away when I was child, so and my two younger brothe...   [View Profile]

My name is Eerdengtaogusi, and I am 45 years old. I live in Daban county, Husitaigachabayanerdeng village (Duguilong). Our home is surrounded by the desert, and there is no reliable transportation. Ours is a very backwar...   [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 Gerile ("glory") and I am a 38-year-old herder from was Masitala village in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. Just after I married my husband we went to live in his parents' 3-room mudhut with a family of 7, relying on...   [View Profile]

My name is Mongachichige, it means "silver flower". I'm thirty-three years old, and I'm a herdswoman. There are three people in my family - me, my husband and my daughter, who is already attending elementary school. I li...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhou Shuhua, and I am 47 years old. I live in Maliang village, near the town of Daban. In the past, our whole family moved around for work. After many years of hard work, we finally built ourselves a house in ...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhao Xuewu, I am 34 years old, my family lives in Baiyan, 6th society. My family, that are my old aged parents, my two children and my wife, all in all six people. Because my family lives in a remote mountain ...   [View Profile]

I am an ordinary woman from community no. 2 in village no. 11 in the town of Shuangsheng, Yilong county. My name is Cheng Rong and with my husband I have two children, a son and a daughter. My husband are working long-te...   [View Profile]

My name is Hasiqimuge. I am 59 years old, and I live in Chaganxire village. I have two sons, both whom are married. A few years ago, my husband was diagnosed with a heart disease. However, because he had to work, he was ...   [View Profile]

My name is Qi Changwen, I am 35 this year and I started working straight after finishing lower middle school. My wife is 34 and together we have 3 children; one son and two daughters who are all currently at school. We l...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhagancandan. In 2004, we moved to Bayan Tala Sumu Baomutu Dairy Shop #3, where we currently live. My three daughters are done with college and currently working, and my son now has a family of his own. Before...   [View Profile]

My name is Yang Zhengming, and I am 59 years old. My previous micro-loan from Wokai helped my family's income to increase significantly. My wife and I greatly improved our living situation, and we even saved some money f...   [View Profile]

My name is Wuyuncandan and I am a typical herder. I live in Husitai Village of Daban County and my family supports itself primarily with income from raising livestock and farming on a little piece of land. I have been ap...   [View Profile]

My name, Zhulanqiqige, which means "candlelight". I live in the Hongqi village, in Daban Town. I support a family of four. My mother-in-law passed away a few years ago. Although my father-in-law is elderly, he is still a...   [View Profile]

I am an honest and light-hearted fifty-five year old woman. I have an incredibly fortunate family of four with a beautiful daughter and a handsome son. I used to be the mayor of my village until I was laid off in 2004. I...   [View Profile]

My name is Alaatangaowa; I'm thirty-five. There are five people in my family and we live in community number five in the village of Tabenhua which is located about thirty kilometres from the county capital of Chaganmulun...   [View Profile]

My name is Zha Guozhen, I am 48 years old. My family has 3 members, and we are living in Daban town Baixinggacha (village). Eight years ago my husband was diagnosed with liver cancer. Soon after, he passed away, leaving ...   [View Profile]

My name is Tuya, I am 42 years old with a family of 3, and I am a herdswoman from the town of Daban. In 2000, I moved from the desert to the Hongqigacha village. At that time we owned 5 cows. When we were building our ho...   [View Profile]

My name is Lin Dengyin and I'm 63 years old. I live in the No. 3 District of Xinhua village, Zhouhe town. Most of the young people here move away to find a job, so a lot of the people left here are in their 70s and 80s! ...   [View Profile]

My name is Jin Xiang, and I am a herder in Gazha Village, Daban Town. I have two sons and a daughter, who are all married and have started their own ventures. Now that our children have left home, it’s just my husband an...   [View Profile]

My name is Wuyun Tana. My name means "wisdom." I live in Masita Lagecha village. I am 52 years old. I have three sons, two of whom are already married and have started careers of their own. Only our youngest son lives wi...   [View Profile]

My name is Menggensiqige, which means 'silver sparks'. I am an ordinary farmer and I am 40 years old this year. In my family, there are both elders and children — a total of 4 people. My mother-in-law is over 70 years ol...   [View Profile]

My name is Wulan, which means the color red in Chinese. I'm a 41 year old herdswoman. There are five people in my family. I moved to Hongqi village in 2001. I come from a family of herdsman who have herded for many gener...   [View Profile]

My name is Narentuya, which means "radiance". I am 25 years old and live in Balin Youqi Chagan Xire village with my husband and our lively and adorable young daughter. Five years ago, at the time of our marriage, my husb...   [View Profile]

My name is Wurengaowa, and I am 40 years old. In 2000, after my family moved to the Malaqinxin Village, we relied completely on our meager incomes from temporary jobs. My husband is a plasterer, he often works at constru...   [View Profile]

My name is Hasigaowa, and I am 48 years old. I live in Daban county, in the village of Yulige. My son is currently attending university. I am a long time borrower of micro-loans; and have been using them for 11 years now...   [View Profile]

My name is Xirenqiqige. I am 46 years old, and a returning microfinance client. We have a daughter and a son, who are both currently in high school. As our family conditions were poor and we had many siblings, my husband...   [View Profile]