Wokai Silent Auction Items

Featured Item: Certificate for a Kaplan Review Course

• Good for any Kaplan classroom or online course for LSAT, GMAT, GRE, MCAT, DAT, OAT, or PCAT

Theater & Entertainment

• Two memberships at the Classic Stage Company
• Tickets to Jazz show at the Blue Note
• Gift Certificate to Institute of Culinary Education
• Gift Certificate to Thor Restaurant
  

Sports and Recreation

• Burton Custom ICS (men's) or Burton Feelgood ICS (women's) from

• Tickets to a Mets game
• Tickets to a Yankees game
• 3 Private Yoga Sessions

Miscellaneous

• Pink sapphire earrings from

• 2 bottles Cartier champagne
• Silk Scarf
• 2 small end tables from Shanghai
• Voucher for 2010 Tax Preparation from Summit Service LLC
• Gift Certificate to ZipCar
  

Microfinance

• Yunus Poster Autographed
• One Hen Children's Book Autographed
• Signed copy of FAI's Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day

Arts

• China Institute Young Associates Membership
• 4 Passes to MoMA
• Matteo Sax CD
• Mounted Photograph by Ben Collier
• Artwork by Yi He
  

Chinese Painting by Baohe Qi

Chinese Painting by Feng Lu

Chinese Calligraphy

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Wokai

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What is Wokai?

Wokai delivers an internet microfinance platform that allows individuals to provide Chinese microentrepreneurs with loan capital. Our organization acts as an intermediary in this process, transferring funds from contributors abroad to microentrepreneurs in China through our field partners.

Who does Wokai support?

A typical Wokai microentrepeneur is a female rural inhabitant, living on less than $1/day. Her microfinance loan, ranging from $150-$300 dollars, provides her with the capital to start a small business. Her business varies by location, raising sheep in a rural grassland or operating a small fruit stand in a city center.

With her income, she accumulates savings, which allows her to allocate money towards long-term investments like education and health. By the end of her loan cycle, she has experienced increased financial independence, bolstered self-confidence, and a strengthened sense of community.

Learn more and contribute today at http://www.wokai.org.

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