13645: Davis: RE: 13638: davis on remittances (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Karen F. Davis <kdavis@marygrove.edu>

I cannot speak for the other millions of people sending remittances, but I
can tell you exactly where the money goes that my husband and I send to his
family:
Clothing for 8 school-age children
School fees and school supplies for same
Food for same, plus adults
Medicines
House rent
We also send contributions to the choir & other church groups my husband was
a member of in Haiti, and, as with most people, our suitcases when we travel
are filled with medicines, toothpaste & brushes, soaps & shampoos, shoes,
(you all know the usual list!!!)

Karen F. Dimanche Davis
Associate Professor and Head, Humanities Department
Marygrove College
Detroit, Michigan 48221
Phone: 313-927-1352
Fax: 313-927-2345
E-mail: kdavis@marygrove.edu

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Bob Corbett [mailto:corbetre@webster.edu]
Sent:	Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:15 AM
To:	Haiti mailing list
Subject:	13638:  schuller - remittances (fwd)


From: Mark Schuller <marky@umail.ucsb.edu>

Hello.

I was having a conversation with some Haitian activists and we all had very
different ideas about how much $$$ the Haitian Diaspora sends via
remittances
to their families in Haiti.

Is such a statistic even available?  Also, has there been any analysis of
where
exactly it's going?

-- 
Mark  :0

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