Wokai Member: Rosie

My name is Sarengaowa, I am an ordinary herder from the town of Banzhendushi. I am 54 years old and have been working since I graduated from high school. I have three daughters, the youngest of which completed graduate s...   [View Profile]

My name is Shurong Yu and I’m 35 years old. Our family is very poor and my husband was forced to move to the city as a migrant worker in order to send back income to support our family. I have one son who is in elementar...   [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 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]

My name is Aogengaowa. I live in Daban County, Shijiazigacha village. We are a happy family of four, with two remarkable sons. The oldest graduated from Inner Mongolia’s Shifan University. The other, although not having ...   [View Profile]

I’m a simple herdswoman with a family of 3. This year I’m going to turn 41 years old. I’ve been a micro-credit program participant in my village for 10 years; I’ve also been the head of my loan group of 10 years. In the ...   [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 Wurenqimuge. My village, Shijiazigacha, is located in a desolate area surrounded by sand in every direction. Most of the villagers herd livestock for a living. My village in Daban County is known for its pover...   [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 Ren Shuhua, I am 50 years old and I am a farmer in Taobai village near Daban county. I am an old recipient of microloans. There are five people in my family, I want my children to by successful in the future. ...   [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]

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]

Hi, I'm Gao Peng, and my family lives in Fuxing town, Hujiaqiao village, 4th tier city. I am 23 years old. Because I had many siblings, I could never study much. After I graduated from junior middle school I stopped goin...   [View Profile]

My name is Luo Bixiang, and I am 46 years old. I live in Banzhu village, which is located in a small gully in the mountains, where villagers are destitute. In nearly every aspect of our lives, we are lacking. So many peo...   [View Profile]

My name is Siqinjiruhe and I’m 48 years old. My family of three lives in Baixing Village, Daban Town. I have been a recipient of micro-credit before. For a few years I used the loan to grow plants, but these past few yea...   [View Profile]

My name is Chen Yuhua. I’m 50 years old and live in Shuangsheng, 1st community. Of the five members of my family, my husband and children are away doing manual labor. They don’t get paid very much, if at all. My mother i...   [View Profile]

My name is E'erdungaowa and I am 46 years old. In 2008, I moved to Bayandalasumu, Baomutunaizhan town district no. 82, where I live today. When my daughter was four and my son had just turned 8, my husband and I divorced...   [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 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 Aodaohu, and my family lives in Guisutai Village, Daban Township in Inner Mongolia. Our children are all married, so my husband and I live alone. We live a long way from the Daban county seat, and there is no ...   [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'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 Jin Mei and this year I'm 36 years old. After getting married, my husband and I moved away to work because we were very poor and did not own any livestock. In 2005 we returned to our village and used the money...   [View Profile]