Wokai Member: Guido

My name is Xie Mingzhu and I am 39 years old. My son is 18 and attends Fu Xing high school. I run a little cell phone shop on Fu Xing street. Business is only ok; the profits can only cover our living expenses. We use to...   [View Profile]

My name is Wurentuya ("Dawn") and I am 42 years old. I have a daughter who is attending high school and we live the average herder's life in Chaganxire village, Daban County. The village that we used to live in is locate...   [View Profile]

Hello. My name is Hai Tang and I'm 30 this year. There are 3 people in our family. I have a little girl that's 9. I've been a micro-loan borrower since 2005. And even though the amounts have been small, the application p...   [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]

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 Hai Tang, I am 46 years old and from the fourth borrower centre. My family lives in Bayantalasumu town, Balinyouqi, in the farming community of Baomutu. After leaving school my daughter found work in a hospita...   [View Profile]

My name is Sarentonglaga, I am 49 years old with a family of three. My husband is very sincere and hard working. Other than working in our fields, he also learned basic mechanics to help fix crop machineries and motorcyc...   [View Profile]

My name is Wuren Tuya, I am an ordinary herdswoman. I am 30 years old and I have a happy family of three. My daughter is 10 years old. Four years ago we brought her to the county town so that she could have a school with...   [View Profile]

My name is Eerdundagula, and I am 38-year-old. My family, consists of my husband and our lovely daughter. We live in a village in the town of Suai. At home, we have 20 acres of dry land, about a dozen of sheep, and six c...   [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 Siqingerile. I am 33 years old with a family of 3. I have an adorable, spirited daughter named Narenzhuge who is currently in primary school. I have been making micro-loans for 6 years, and use this money ever...   [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 Mudan, and I am 28 years old. I am a herdsman in Malaqin new village. I have a happy family of three. My daughter is 8 now, a first grader in primary school. My husband and I only graduated from primary school...   [View Profile]

I am Xu Zexiu, and I live in Shuangsheng Guoyuan Village. My family has six members, the oldest are the parents, the youngest are the two girls, and the older one is going to high school. The parents are old, for the fam...   [View Profile]

My name is Siqingaowa, which means smart and beautiful. This year I’m 51. In 2001, we moved from a desert area with inconvenient transportation to Malaxin New Estates. Just at the time we relocated, we sold all our lives...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhou Yanfei, I am 23 years old and there are three people in my family. My daughter is six and she is clever and sweet. I am a farmer in Taobai village near the Daban county. When I first started living with m...   [View Profile]

My name is Tang Hua Zhen, a resident of Yi Long district, Shuangsheng Town, Village No.11, 3rd group. There are 6 people in my family including me, my father, mother, husband, and two children. Both of my children are st...   [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]

I am from Golden Lion Village, in the Shuansheng township of Yilong County, Sichuan. My name is Yang Yucai and I am 65 years old. 20 years ago, when I was in my early 40s, my wife died from an illness. At that time, I ve...   [View Profile]

My name is Yi Rihu, and I am an ordinary 30-year-old resident of the village of Daban, blessed with a family of three. My nine year old son, named Hailun, is in the third grade at the local elementary school. He has been...   [View Profile]

My name is Sa Ren Gege. I turn 39 year old this year, and have a family of three. My son is 13, a junior high student. My husband is a hospital staff. I used to work for a material production company. After the company w...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhang Rongfang, and I live in Xinhua community 5. I am 45 years old and am part of a family of four. Because we live in destitute conditions, my children were unable to finish their studies and had to leave to...   [View Profile]

My name is Hai Tang, I am 29 years old and there are three people in my family. My daughter is eight and she is in elementary school. We live in Risu village. I have been a user of microcredit since 2005. The loan amount...   [View Profile]

My name is Yulan Lin; I'm 46 years old. I live with my family in community number three in the village of Yingxiong, Zhouhe county and I'm involved in the building materials business. I'm the one responsible for the buyi...   [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 Dou Da Gu La, age 34. I'm an ordinary herdswoman in the Daban township of Baixing village in Inner Mongolia. I've been married with a family for more than 10 years, and my 14 year-old daughter is now in middle...   [View Profile]

My name is Wuyungaowa and I am 49 this year. I live in Shijiazi village, in Daban town, where I make my living as a herder. I’ve been using microloans for the past 11 years now. Eleven years ago, my family and I lived on...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhang Rong, I am 36 years old and I live in Huohong village. There are four people in my family. I use to work at a silk factory in another village, but I lost my job after the factory underwent renovations. M...   [View Profile]

My name is Sarengaowa, and I am 37 years old. I am a herdswoman from Daban town, Malaqin Xincun. My family has three members. My daughter is in sixth grade. Since she was little she has liked to learn, and she is also ve...   [View Profile]

My name is Wen Yamei, and I live in Yilong town, Xiaxing county in Sichuan Province. There are five people in my family. My eldest is a boy of 13 is in middle school; and I have a younger daughter who is 7 and just start...   [View Profile]

My name is Ma Guangbi. I am 62 years old and I live with my six-member family in a poor mountain village. The last 10+ years have been very difficult, and I have had to work very hard. Last year, we moved out of our old ...   [View Profile]

My name is Wang Ruixue, I'm 35 years old, and there are three members of my family, including my 12 year old son who is now attending elementary school. My husband and I both originally worked for a transportation compan...   [View Profile]

My name is Aotegenhua. I am 47 years old with a family of 3. My husband is an honest and kind man, and my son just got married this year. I have been making micro-loans for 11 years and during this time, those loans have...   [View Profile]

My name is Luo Rong, and I live in Bai Yan, No. 9 District. I'm 35 years old this year. I have a family of four, and my two children both attend middle school. We live in a mountainous region, and there is no source of i...   [View Profile]

My name is Fu Guiying. I am 54 years old. Our family is located at White Iwamura Village, a remote mountainous area. Due to the mountainous location, transportation is very difficult: both for transporting goods outside ...   [View Profile]

My name is Ma Wenrong, and I am 58 years old. I live in Linliang village, part of Ma'an town. Ours is a village with beautiful mountains and waters, and is the hometown of the famous military leader Zhu De. I have three ...   [View Profile]

My name is Luo Juzhen, and I live in the Shuanglong Community. I am 55 years old. Both of my two children have formed their own families now. I am living with my husband. My husband and I have both lost the ability to do...   [View Profile]

I am a villager from Yilong county, Shuangsheng town, Huohong village. My name is Tang Yixing and I am 47 years old. My family has six members: my parents who are already older than 70, my daughter who is 21, and my son ...   [View Profile]

My name is Ding Guirong and I am 29 years old. My home is on Zhouhe Street. I come from a poor family which, beside myself, also had to support my younger brother and sister. Because we had no money, I had to drop out of...   [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 name is Hasirile and I am 42 years old. I am an ordinary herdsman living in Gacha and there are three people in our family. Both me and my husband are illiterate, so getting our son educated is a dream for both of us....   [View Profile]

My name is Siriguleng, I am a 25 year old woman. Growing up, life was very difficult and we could not afford to send sisters to attend school. After I graduated junior high, I went to the capital of Inner Mongolia, Hohot...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhou Zhujun. My family and I live in Dingzi Qiao Village, Yuantan community 3. My husband passed away three years ago. I am responsible for my two children who are now in high school. I need money to support t...   [View Profile]

Hello. My name is Wuren Qiqige. My name means clever and artful. I am 31 and have a little rambunctious boy who is 10 yrs old. His name is Qi Chou and he is in second grade. We are a family of four living in Daban prefec...   [View Profile]