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China Closes 2000 Inefficient Factories in Energy Drive
#2165   August 17, 2010 by Jon Wyler
A blog post on Just Means talks about China closing inefficient factories in an effort to reduce energy wastage. Although China has been named as the world's #1 polluter, the country is making efforts to clean up it's act and it's economy. ... read
Wokai New York - Drinks For a Better World
#2164   August 17, 2010 by Jon Wyler
Come join our Drinks For a Better World at the Bowery Wine Co. on September 2nd, and support rural entrepreneurs in China. Location: The Bowery Wine Co. 13 East 1st Street (between Bowery and 2nd Ave) Time: 7pm to 9:30pm Ticket (Wokai site credit): ... read
Wokai.Org: The Non-Profit Peer-to-Peer Microcredit Platform for China
#2163   August 16, 2010 by Jon Wyler
New blog entry on Microfinance Hub about Wokai and the differences with Kiva. ... read
Grow the Social Entrepreneurship Field in China (Ashoka Job Opening)
#2162   August 9, 2010 by Jon Wyler
Ashoka (www.ashoka.org) is the world’s largest association of social entrepreneurs — men and women who are creating new institutions and system-changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1980, Ashoka has pioneered the fiel... read
Wokai Dallas - Drinks For a Better World Launch Event
#2161   August 9, 2010 by Jon Wyler
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 8, 2010. 6:00pm-8:30pm Location: House of Blues - Cambridge Room, 2200 North Lamar Street, Dallas Ticketing: No cover Please Join Wokai Dallas for our Inaugural "Drinks for a Better World" Cocktail event at The Hous... read
Wokai Toronto - Drinks For a Better World on August 20
#2160   August 9, 2010 by Jon Wyler
Beat the summer heat and join us for our “Drinks for a Better World" Patio Mixer Event that will take place on Friday, August 20th. Learn about the Toronto Wokai Chapter and connect with other like-minded individuals who share a passion for social c... read
Stories From Our Chapters: Wokai Boston Introduces Microfinance To Young Professionals
#2159   August 9, 2010 by Jon Wyler
This blog post was written by Rosie Zhang, Co-President of Wokai Boston Chapter Tuesday nights are usually quiet for the working professionals in Boston. However, when I arrived at the Lir Restaurant in the heart of the Back Bay on July 27, I found ... read
Something interesting about the ARDY movie trip
#2158   August 5, 2010 by 圣 张
Wokai wanted to do a movie about "a borrower's life in the rural China" for a long time. It was really hard to find the right person that willing to do this and have time to do this and also qualified to do this. Me and the photographer Janek Żdżarsk... read
The Economist Live Debates: "This house believes China offers a better development model than the West."
#2157   August 4, 2010 by Jenny Gao
A live debate is going on right now on the Economist, its currently on the opening arguments, with a Rebuttal, Closing, and Post-Debate coming up in the next week. So far the results are very close, with 44% of people voting for and 56% of people vot... read
Wokai chapters, drinking for a better world, and enchantment
#2156   August 4, 2010 by Julia Meek
I've been doing chapter president's calls this week, have presented at Drinks for a better world, and put up with people laughing at my Chinese name and job title- it's been busy! So Wokai has eleven chapters at the moment- but what is a Wokai chapt... read
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Photos from the Field

  

Microfinance recipients running their snack stand at Wokai's Field Partner, ARDY, in Sichuan Province.

 

 

Microfinance recipient, Michoko (Inner Mongolia), standing proudly with her husband in front of her sheep farm.

 

Microfinace recipient with her daughter making a bi-weekly repayment at Wokai's Field Partner, ARDY, in Sichuan.

 

Zhang Rong, a microfinance recipient at Wokai's Field Partner, ARDY, in Sichuan, running her Hot Pot stand. 

 

Tu Ya, a loan officer at Wokai's Field Partner, CZWSDA, in Inner Mongolia, teaching her loan group about various simple cures and measures to help insure they won't get ill during the winter.