Family who live in germany. Linda stepfather is one of the many africans who transfer money back to their home countries each month, globally. These so called remittance payments total around 600000000000. 00 every year. Thats more than all development. 8 combined run one. Yeah. And also when you live abroad, like we do in germany, your family back home usually doesnt live as comfortably as you do. So for the dog. And thats why its really important that we support our families back home with the formula in the how much does chusen. So if you have a parental supports, you thereby be at least it helps. So, so me, my parents, im a lot of busy and i always see, im glad i have loved very ah, linda lives alone in a suburb of acura. Years ago, her mother moved to germany to be with her step father. After studying at university, linda was unable to find the job. She gets by doing various things and through support from her parents in germany. She lives frugally because she is determined to achieve her dream of owning her own hair salon. Mcaden, maria, every other wednesday, she travels 30 kilometers to a market where she can get groceries for a reasonable price. Yeah. Galleria that are issue. Yeah. 3 there. You know, software here use you read kid idea. Glad with your parents who and everything, but no definite job. Yes, very difficult. On the weight of the market, she stops at an atm. Her parents make sure she has enough money for the essentials. Every few weeks, she gets a Bank Transfer from germany. They sell it to supports a monthly my bills pay. My bills are home, as opposed to me with food stuff like i get myself, i will do i hey, you know, im a lady. Yeah. Does it im glad is there really support me anyways, the kind in donna does a long tradition of sending money home from abroad. I would say its worth of our course. I yeah. Here if lie, if you lot less, 8 avo aids or a appearance on so for to get your feet in. Yes. So if a law my thing here, i dont update by he a said on market was other families. They live. We love to support each other that our pin for it than our for conference. My guardian standards, linda isnt or but she still needs to manage her money. Well. Shopping at the market requires sun haggling. There are no fixed prices here. Linda cant afford her own car. She takes the boss instead. Thats sometimes been a pain during the pandemic. But its the only option. And with at chris, chaotic traffic driving is hardly a pleasure. She knows from her mother and stepfather, that some aspects of life might be easier in germany. Now, good, we are good yet. But if you had that opportunity bay, fabica had this brain. When is in classes here you my by with my friend is built into our ca. He said, she said that there s e c building she says was, was a bit on how often those yes, i have with that that would go to hell of a lengthy me. Im yeah, a gun. I went to the fan school to see. I love nothing to soon. A few 1000 kilometers away in the german city of mannheim. Its Early Morning and then to step father is on his way to work. A quasi, i do say, came to germany as a student, almost 30 years ago. Hes lived in mannheim. Ever since so many gannons immigrating is part of life the, the most val. So does, i was one of 8 children. The 4 older sister stayed and gone. And the boys all moved abroad after she listened the amendment ali dana on via the brothers overseas, all support the family buddha in all. Weve been doing that ever since we started living here in germany. Lucky besides, youre here in brooklyn for them. Were definitely not just his own children. Other relatives also ask a quasi for money doctor. Oh, go on. Good. Hello. And to the uncle of the whole family was we helped them to the boat and got people and gone. I always expect that when someone comes from abroad or lives abroad, or does that though, support the rest of the family good formerly on thats what we do. So as those wells of course, he lives on the outskirts of mannheim with his wife and lindas half brother. He has a job with the u. S. Army he finds to pay ok, but even so, there isnt much money left at the end of the month. In order to give regular support to their daughter, linda, the family has to economize and save. Many migrants in the diaspora are in a similar situation. But a quasi has discovered something that might help. A friend told him about a project called we do which aims to support people in countries like ghana. The goal is to create new jobs in africa. This extra support will be just what linda needs a quasi and his wife christiana would love for their daughter to become independent and for linda, her own business would be a dream come true with it is where it goes on is not only selling and buying buy yeah, she girls will know how to do her. Fred, she wanted to do len this. The Briggs Briggs then bit loss and way. Obviously i think of she have a very dreadful grip. Woodrow are found on wow. At limbo. Bring half of the money you before to put it in. Just a put a move to half of it then when it would have started and reduce will bring another 50 percent to to liquid. Oh, how did, who got lindas mother christiana, went to germany 18 years ago, leaving her 2 daughters with their grandmother. Something not uncommon in gonna pass on, that was his record. Not all of us can come here. So when you i hear and you support from one home, still there do something you can find from to for yourself. I think is very good idea. That not everybody will because a rope is not for everybody. A lot of me, i know why i am seeing that. So for me, i think is the, the idea they called a daughter in accra. Linda, good one. Hi, how you doing . Im fine. Im doing good. And for example, in the business will cost you less of us. He told linder about the we do project a few days ago. Now they working at how they can each get their own share of the funding together. Why are funded heroes, for example . Then i. Ringback this is it, an, as your father wasnt support you the other 50 percent, which is the from the use of talk with mommy and ive already prepared to support you so that you become self sufficient for the future. Okay. Wow. Thank you. High school. Thank you. Ill be always be in monday. Yes. Back. Yes. This is robert mellows. Thats how things are done. Back holiday div shows was were lung as long as the children still need support from the parents with the parents. Do it da, smoking, gemini, state development agency, g. I said has been implementing the weedy project for the past 2 years. The project director of vol fransen. So the strategy is as simple as it is successful. Buford, on 0 winter sheet, we support all sorts of different projects says that the small and micro levels of business, and if you fold undisguised fund and everything from a small hair dressing business to a car mechanic at your small i t start up regarding somebody taking their 1st steps as an independent programmer help me a lot that we support lots of different sectors. Her canceled, her, she threw the coin to florida. And you know, linda successful, would you get an acura for a hair cut to preserve . Does my job unify . Id love to do that. In fact, before covered when i was make my business trips, i often got a haircut on the spur of the moment. Tom madsen was it. Id love to do it and gone to hanna zagan. Authentic get to know the entrepreneur personally and it can lam before that can happen. The family has to get its share of the funding together with when a quasi in christiana, do their shopping. And manheim, they still love going to their local African Grocery store. La didnt store owner joanna i re has been in germany around to decades, which came with her husband who has since passed away. She sells yams, mangoes and the spices. A quality in christiana. No. From back on. Yeah, yeah, this guy. Yeah. The army from gun a bit different in from south america. Oh yeah. Normally the pip a thought that they know my have my fingers live a life. Is it okay. One, you know im, im not a type that i send money to my my family. I take care of my mother. I was taking care of my mother for that. It was made you to because i was the face fed daughter for my mother, faith tight. So is my responsibility to take care of my mom. But after my mother i live i dont and i have nothing to do like money money with call today of call, my brother, how are you what i doing but we dont talk about selling money because the our old we are not young family. Thank you very much. Okay, thank you very much. Yeah, christiana works as a cara for the elderly. She spent 18 years living in germany without her daughters, neither linda nor her sister have been able to visit her in mannheim. Christiana, only troubles home for a few weeks every couple of years. Oh yeah. Sometimes. Oh, its a, its pain. Sometimes you feel its that you miss them all you risk to be with them together. About what can i do . I mean, i for begin it. It was so hard for me and by now were miss them here. When we go home, we feel i told, as i recall, i visited a lot of that before. Acts me august. Now when are you going back to gun another war bout to gun about . Ill come back here is my 2nd home. Meanwhile, christian, his daughters of building their future in gonna a few weeks later, we had to crap. Our taxi driver gideon has an uncle in germany. Did it seems p d on isnt as lucky as linda when it comes to getting financial help from relatives. And this is a boarding with family. Im gonna, im gonna no, no i was it a jew. Garzo leads me small for me. Wire friendly geese. But when we need something, we asked him, does the same story stories or it will live for his life . The house linda lives in is still incomplete. At some point, her biological father ran out of money for the building work, but she is making progress toward her own dream. The 1st installment of the we do project funding has arrived. She can now start planning her hair salon business. Its an exciting time for the entrepreneur to be those defend because law is like im building something for myself. Oh. So when main that told me about it and all how it was like a good, a great opportunity for me to just ask something for my own. So im happy to become a business woman here. Be happy to become my own both. You know . Yay the next day linda sets off full of motivation and with the new hairstyle to theres a lot she wants to learn in the next few months. So far, shes operated out of her home dealing and ready made waves. But she wants to be able to brade die, and do Everything Else that comes with running a hair salon. Hey, pieces and extensions have a Central Place in gummy and fashion. Lindas friend gladys has been running a hair salon for years. Shes showing linda the basics. Me ah, i and then it may become like todays my phase be and then how are you okay, sounds good. Thank you for the change and take a look and just make sure its okay. My one has a teach me how shes back at home. I just like me to a home before she got a shot. So i want her to show me how she gets initially when it gets mentioned, you have to pay for the range like 5 years. Thats what you pay 5 years. Whenever you get a book from someone, i think its its, its, it also helps me i come money when my business goof money. And now im on my feet right now. I dont have that kind of money. So one step at a time to start linda plans to continue selling hair ways from home. The journey to our christ Central Market takes 90 min. This is where the best hand extensions, the song selection. But the main reason linda shot is because the price is a good back in her neighborhood. She can sell the hair pieces for small markup generation, a profit for her project. Everybody has the prices here because i went to the print shop, but it was expensive when i came in the prices its literally low. So thats why i buy my hair from you. And i Like Customer Service because when you conscious mouse with you and you know, its just not straightforward. Very nice. And you know, i feel someone by the next day planning for the son continues. Shes visited by solomon warm a business mentor working for the we do project in ghana, the consultant waste no time in asking linda the most important question of all, why the hell is not anything else . Actually i forgot to see i i was just looking out my kids to know what is going, what the saying, i dont put money into something i can look up my money. The most important aspect of the Coaching Program as to what we these interpretive to make sure that they are coming out of business model. That makes sense for whatever idea they have or whatever. Running with as the model that will determine how the business functions and how we growth. While our linda has found a very good sports or breakable to start from, given that she is an effect on aware theres enough demand, substantial demand to make her actually profitable. And grow the business to the extent that she can even hire people. Im glad im here to be. No, you fact, i really want to talk more about counsel gets no more. I wanted to give you more ideas about how to do with my business, how goods do it in house, even explain myself when i really need more coaching. What would be interesting if we see their location . There are already a few hair salons, inland is neighborhood. I do have a saloon, a physical store. Well i think actually when you look at the targets that you are selling to, it makes a lot more sense to have one active Online Presence because youre selling from millennials, Younger Generation and theyre very more engaged online. So doing a lot more online sci fi, of course, and for the business clients, the chairman development agency, g, i said pace for the cost of the business mentoring for, for the next few months. Solomon will give linda advice and help her on her way to becoming a self sufficient entrepreneur. If youre a weekly basis check up, he sees his role as the perfect compliment to the private support. Lindas getting from her family than have an after the cow shop where you still have to pay for rent. You have the rails cost to deal with that the payment from the diaspora into gonna those when it comes up very, very important and critical. I dont have the figures read me to give you, but when, when you do the economy statistics, the remittance of that comes into dana from abroad, especially germany, one to 200000000000 of views. And that comes said as the formal mechanics wondering what other panels were, metals i dont think would have had the kind of progress and development of healthy by this time. Though not everyone is benefiting from that progress. Many people in gala still live below the poverty line. The average wage is just a 110. 00 euros per month. Some scrape by recycling items from garbage dumps, including electronic waste shipped from year after all, not every gun a and has relatives in a wealthy country. Linda knows that at the end of the day, shes in a good position, glindas happy to get a visit from her sister. I rain there preparing a meal together. Our cargo. We can get our hands balaban. This a really lives outside our crop. She and her children visit linda whenever they can. I rein doesnt depend on Financial Support from her parents. Her husband earns a decent living with his job as a teacher. Who did the 2 sisters feel abandoned with their mother left them as children. Oh, okay, actually. Now im going to, i dont really feel that yoga. Sometimes you feel lonely. You wish you have all your family. You know you, richie, i stay with your mom, your dad. You thought your brother like my son . Faith no. Here she can play with the kiss on vacation if they are not here, you know, its not a full only by a half lansing staff in how things are doing so. So it doesnt make me feel all think about it too much. The honor. Spencer. I yeah, we are human some very poorly, so you miss your family are on in beds letting out walk, anita. Linda knows some german phrases ready in case she takes a trip to visit her parents. I know good login booth and fad with albany l. My law a v give it begin with the banker, elm ah, i own. Okay. Own mm. Lindas dream is slowly taking shape. Its a dream that doesnt involve leaving home. Like so many other ghanaians do bank in mannheim. Its saturday and lindas step father doesnt have to work, but he still gets up early in the morning. As well as his own family ties to garner a quasi. A do say is also chairman of the gun a and dias per community and germany worked through dusty mike, 1212, testing what, what, why samantha, he hosts radio show for carnations living in germany as he says, of eustace. Well, this is very, very important. Here within this game, so there are so many radio stations here, but most of them are only and germinal butch migrants want to know whats going on in their home country wanting be some bus in your how my boss at the sending me we broadcast an english and also, and guardian languages. Its very important women for student was that people understand whats going on here in germany. When we explain everything in those languages. Letter o, a reminder. Mm hm. The topic today is all about remittances payments from the diaspora to gonna williams a quote. They know your bullet systems geologist who has lived in germany for a long time. How useful is this ideal rentals is . Were good. Were living in germany and advice were helping the country gunner oh, so i think out with remittances, it is not only People Living in germany who remit to family or was transfer money to family. I am even if youre living in ghana and youre working in the north, are you awaken in the kumasi . So depending on where you are living, its a whole Family Structure or social support system that we have in please. Dorothy, as the germans rely on the states while we rely on the family vag, do you agree . Geren nga . Because im gonna, the government cant do much for us. Martin b in germany, if you dont have a job, you go to the Unemployment Office kind drop. If youre sick, theres Health Insurance and social programs crank and frank and for the several i was with yeah, theres always something in the system that benefits the people. Him still, but for us its the family emma. I am the common about buy owns as a family ah, in on sunday its time to rest. The a do say family eats unless you li breakfast together. No one, ever worry mazel or your doing. When theyre all together, they tend to speak english. At the meal looks like a typical german breakfast and i are home toward me. Morgan and hollywood, soft or her hand delivered the night before. Okay. A clancy fills them in on lindas progress in ghana to go. She went to children just started at lennon, missoula, rob, gary sheldon, which would be her own boss with herself in tears. Nathan has never lived with his step sisters his own. He met her on short visits to gonna but the 2 still have a close relationship. Says vas michelle can, thats almost