Wokai Member: Ken

My name is Deng Rongfang. I'm 54 years old, and live in Liangshan. In the past, my family lived in a remote rural area. Going back and forth to and from the market was really inconvenient. Last year, through the collecti...   [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 Zhengju, and I live on Zhouhe street with my husband and two children. My children are currently in primary school, and have been performing well academically. My oldest daughter scored third in her class on a...   [View Profile]

My name is Renqimuge, I am 60 years old. My family lives in Daban town, Baolige Gacha, Wuxing village (Duguilong). I have been borrowing microloans for 11 years. During those 11 years the microloans helped me to improve ...   [View Profile]

I am an average herdswoman. My name is Gerile, which means "Light". I am fifty years old this year. There are five of us in our family. All three of our daughters are either already graduated from college or still in col...   [View Profile]

There are three people in my family; my daughter Suriguga (which means “fresh and pleasant”) studies the matouqin (a traditional mongolian string instrument) in the provincial capital. I’ve been borrowing micro-credit lo...   [View Profile]

My name is Layue, I am 50 years old. My home is in Daban town, Baixing Gacha (village). I have a son and a daughter, they both are already married and have started their careers. At home there is only my husband and me l...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhang Lan, and I live in Sichuan. I’m 24 years old and have been married for two years. My family is comprised of me, my husband (Zhao Cunlong), and our five-month-old baby. We moved out of our parents' place ...   [View Profile]

My name's Xu Zhuqing and I'm 58. My family lives in Fulin, Jintang village. In the past, I had heard about an organization that offered microloans to help support people in poverty. At one point, I got in touch with the ...   [View Profile]

My name is Wulanqiqige (which means "red flower") and am 45 years old. We live in a village that is about 13 miles (40 li) outside Daban Town in Balaxiasitai Village. My son will be attending college this year, fulfillin...   [View Profile]

My name is He Qi and I live Qunli village, near Shuangsheng town in Yilong County. I’m 58 years old and my wife is 55. We’ve raised 6 kids, and they’ve all grown up and have married by now. Our burden is much smaller tha...   [View Profile]

My name is Yuzhenqin, I’m 56 years old and a farmer from Youlian village in Daban county. I have three children; my son and my second daughter have long been married and settled into their own lives. My eldest daughter i...   [View Profile]

My name is Hasituya, I am 56 years old. I live in a village with my husband about 60 miles from Dabanyu. He used to be a doctor in the nearby hospital and he is now retired. I have been taking micro-finance loans for 10 ...   [View Profile]

I’m a regular woman from Village 11, Shuangsheng Town, Yilong County. My name is Cheng Rong and my family has 4 members, one son, one daughter. My husband is not at home most of the year, and he is out working to earn a ...   [View Profile]

My name is Rao Zhengfeng. I live in Zhouhexiang Pingguo village. There are four people in my family. My wife cultivates the fields. Our oldest child will graduate from university this year. Our youngest just finished uni...   [View Profile]

My name is Bai Hua, I'm 32 years old and a herder. When I was a child, my family was poor and I have many brothers and sisters- if you ate a meal in the morning you wouldn't have one in the afternoon. Now I have a happy ...   [View Profile]

My name is Hudagula, I am 59-year-old herder living in the village of Hongqigazha, town of Daban. I once had a happy family - myself, my husband, and our three children. We only had a three-roomed mud-house with little l...   [View Profile]

There are 4 people in my family. We moved to Malaqinxin Village in 2000. At that time, we were allotted 3 Chinese acres of arable land. We had been herdsmen our whole lives, so we did not know any farming techniques. The...   [View Profile]

My name is Bairisandan, I am 43 years old. There are three generations living together in my household- we all live in the village of Derisugazha, near Daban. My mother passed away when I was very young, so younger broth...   [View Profile]

I am the head of centre number 26 and my name is Hasiqiqige, which means jade flower. My family lives 40 miles from the county town of Daban near Bayantalasumu in the village of Sitai. Our family of three lives very harm...   [View Profile]

My name is Qiqige, and I am a previous borrower of microloans. I am 38 years old, and my family lives in rural Inner Mongolia. My family's main income source is through raising cows and sheep. In recent years, I have use...   [View Profile]

My name is Deng Yong and I am 28 years old this year. I am from a village in Sichuan. I am the oldest in my family, with a younger brother and sister who are both still in school. My family has always been quite poor, bu...   [View Profile]

I am a village woman from Shuangsheng town Jinshi 3rd society. I am 54 years old and my name is Huang Suzhen. My husband and I have three children - two boys and one girl. The boys are both married and have their own chi...   [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 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]

I am a herdswoman, and there are three people in my family, with my daughter a junior in college. In 1998, I took a micro-loan of 1000 RMB and started selling dairy products. It was rare to see a woman in a pastoral area...   [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 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 Li Xiulan, I am 49 years old and live in the village of Guoyuan, near the town of Shuangsheng. I have a family of 6: My husband, daughter-in-law, daughter and granddaughter. We have a happy life living togethe...   [View Profile]

My name is Narentuya. There are three people in my family, and my son is a freshman in college. I am an previous borrower of microloans. My family's main income source is animal husbandry. But the continuous drought and ...   [View Profile]

My name is Hasiqimuge, I am 43 years old from Daban town. In 1992, when I got married, my husband's family was very poor and gave us only 5 mu of land. For many years, we lived on very little. In 2001, my husband and I m...   [View Profile]

My name is He Ping. I am 35 years old now, and I live in Shuangsheng town in Sichuan Province. I have a physical disability that makes it difficult for me to walk. My wife and I have a daughter and a son. My daughter is ...   [View Profile]

Hello. My name is Tu Yinzhen. I live in Yilong county, Shuangsheng city. I'm 37, but only have a junior high education. That's partly why my marriage wasn't arranged very well. I originally worked in Guangzhou until 2003...   [View Profile]

I am Gao Peng, my family lives in Fuxing town, Hujiaqiao village, 4th tier city. I am 23 years old. Because I have many siblings, I could not study much. After I graduated from junior middle school I stopped going to sch...   [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 Siqinqimuge. I am 38 years old and live in Balagasitai village in the town of Tabenban, Bayantalasumu County. Despite struggling to make ends meet, our family of three still remains a very happy one. My daught...   [View Profile]

I am an ordinary and simple herdswoman. I have an honest husband and a clever seven-year-old son. Although I only have two years of experience using micro-credit loans, the other borrowers in my center recommended me to ...   [View Profile]

My name is Eerdengqiqige, my home is in Daban Township Husitaigacha Bachanerdeng Village. I have been a small borrower for a long time, I have been using micro finance for 12 years now. Twelve years ago the living condit...   [View Profile]

My name is Burennabuqi and I am an ordinary herdsman in Balagasitai Hamlet, Tabenban Village, Bayantalasumu. The main source of income for our family of three is cultivation. Our six-year old son is in kindergarten. My h...   [View Profile]

My name is Wang Bihua, and I am 55 years old. I live in Shuangsheng town, Huohong village, 3rd society. My family has six members: my husband, my son, my daughter-in-law and two grandsons. My family has always been hardw...   [View Profile]

My name is Huang Xiuying. I am 41 years old and live in the forth group of Daya village. My two children both work in the City and have their own families, leaving my husband and I alone at home. On market days, I make s...   [View Profile]

My name is Xu Mengsheng, and I live in the third district of Liangshan village, in Zhouhe town. I am 61 years old. I have two sons; the older one is married, so only the younger one is left at home. In order to help my s...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhou Jinde, and I am 48 years old. I live in Zhouhe County, Xinhua village, community Number 6 with my wife and 3 children. All of my children have left home to find better jobs, leaving my wife and I behind. ...   [View Profile]

I am an ordinary herder named Sarula. I'm thirty-seven this year, living in Daban Town. Our family of four originally lived in a remote, farming village, where desertification were common because of the heavy drought in ...   [View Profile]

My name is Zhao Xuewen, I am 37 years old, I live in the 8th Community of Linlang town. I have a family of four and of my two children, one goes to high school and one to junior middle school. On the street where we live...   [View Profile]

My name is Gong Ya Zhou. I am 23 years old, living in Yi Long district, Bo Ya village. Of my two siblings, I am the youngest. I live with my parents and oldest brother. My oldest brother is not well and cannot work. My s...   [View Profile]

My name is Qibuleqiqige and I am 33 years old. I have a family of three and we all live in Balagasitai Hamlet, Mutabenba Village, Bayantalasu, Balinyouqi. My daughter's name is Chasuna. She is a 7th grader since this Sep...   [View Profile]