Wokai

Ben Benson

Ben is a Wokai Translator
Translation Count: 2
Last Translation: June 18, 2010

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Public Profile URL:

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Location:

Kansas City, Missouri UNITED STATES

Profession

Philanthropic Hacker
 

My Website

http://benbenson.com/

My Email

ben@benbenson.com

My Story

Ben Benson leads all of Wokai's web development from idea generation, to prototyping, design, coding, and architecture. Ben has architected innovative software solutions for small start-ups, publically traded companies, and government agencies since 1995. He designed web architecture for Sprint Telecom, built one of the largest email delivery platforms on the internet for DST Systems, received top awards from the US Department of Energy, and founded Spiderline LLP - a turnkey consumer search engine service with thousands of high-profile clients.

Why I Give

Walk the talk.
 
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My Impact Score

5 Loans

0 Referrals

Registered:
April 21, 2010

Last Logged In:
September 10, 2010

 

Borrower Updates

Wu Dinghong
August 27, 2010
 
  I do not wish to continue living in such poverty -- My name is Wu Dinghong, and I live in Zhouhe town, Jinguang village. Through a Wokai loan, my clothes mending business has taken off. Business is doing well right now, as I am earning a daily income. I expect that my family's life should eventually change. I am confident that through hard work and experience, my family's life will take a turn for the better.
Hudagula
June 11, 2010
 
  Sales are going well at the shoe store -- In January of this year, I borrowed a Wokai loan worth 5,000 yuan. I invested in a shoe store, brought in a large supply of shoes, diversified the variety of shoes I offered, and significantly increased my income. Now, I am using my current income to expand the shoe store. I have confidence in my shoes sales business.
Xirenqimuge
June 11, 2010
 
  Microloan helped me through a tough time -- At the end of January this year, I received a microloan of 5000RMB from Wokai. It was before Chinese New Year, a busy shopping season. I used the money to buy stock for my boutique and earned extra income. I really appreciate the support from Wokai and the timing was perfect; it was the rain coming after a long drought as the old saying goes
 

My Teams

 
Created By: Casey
October 13, 2008
 
  Wokai is a capital-contributing microfinance intermediary in the China microfinance field. Wokai is specifically committed to raising loan capital for microfinance institutions (MFIs) in China. Our organization achieves this goal through creating an ...
 

My Loans

Loan Size:  $591
Loan Ending:  2011-03-23
Repayment Progress:  44%
 
Wurencandan - 乌仁叁丹 -- from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
My name is Wurensandan, 48 years old, with a famil of 6. I moved to the village of Hongqizhaga in 2000, following a government policy to preserve eco environment. There was no grass land at my current place. With couple ...   [View Profile]
Loan Size:  $740
Loan Ending:  2010-11-21
Repayment Progress:  70%
 
Xirenqimuge - 西仁其木格 -- from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
My name is Xirenqimuge, and I am an old micro-loan borrower. There are four members in my family. My husband is in the transportation industry, and my two beautiful daughters are in high school. In 1992, the company I wa...   [View Profile]
Loan Size:  $740
Loan Ending:  2010-11-21
Repayment Progress:  70%
 
Hudagula - 胡达古拉 -- from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
My name is Huda Gula, I have already borrowed microloans. I am 41 years old, my family has 3 members, my 16 year old daughter goes to high school. In 2000, I have been working for two years in a factory for Gongre Corpor...   [View Profile]
Loan Size:  $600
Loan Ending:  1970-01-01
Repayment Progress:  58%
 
Wu Dinghong - 伍定洪 -- from Yilong, Sichuan
My name is Wu Dinghong. My family has six people. Before we took out our first micro-loan, our family relied on planting crops to make a living. We had to support both our parents and our children. Life was extremely dif...   [View Profile]
Loan Size:  $600
Loan Ending: 
Repayment Progress:  12%
 
ZhangGuiLan - 张桂兰 -- from Yilong, Sichuan
My name is Guilan Zhang, and I am 37 years old. I live in Shuangsheng with my husband and 2 children. My daughter is 15 years old and is in high school. My son is 13 years old and is in middle school. I run a small shop ...   [View Profile]