ah, listen carefully. don't know how those certain things you miss to the girl. ah, feel the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. ah ah, across the capital of ghana in west africa, linda is a young gunny woman. he dreams of starting her own business here. she wants to open a hair salon, but it won't be easy. some of the money she needs to get going will come from her

family who live in germany. linda's step father 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. that's more than all development aid combined. lung. yeah. an awesome when you live abroad, like we do in germany, your family back home usually doesn't live as comfortably as you do miss all boarded with google live. that's why it's really important that we support our families back home with the formula in the how much dusters. so if you have a parental support, she thereby be at least it helps with also me my parents, i'm relativism. i always say, i'm glad i have lovely fairy. ah, linda lives alone in a suburb of class years ago,

her mother moved to germany to be with her stepfather. 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's determined to achieve her dream of owning her own hair salon. market. oh yeah, every other wednesday she travels 30 kilometers to a market where she can get groceries for a reasonable price. yeah, gala, that's our issue here. we are re there, you know, software here, russian jews. you read k 30 as glad with your parents as you go and everything but no definite job. yeah, very difficult on the way to the market. she stops at an a t m. 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 support

a monkey, my bills pay my bills at home and so forth. me with food stuff life. i guess for myself, i will do i hey, you know, i'm a lady. yeah. does it? i'm glad he said we need a supporting anyways, because in donna does a long tradition of sending money home from abroad. i will say it's broke up our course i down here. if i, if you lot less, 8 avo aids all your parents and so forth. she gets a real feeds in l. yes. so if a law ma thing here, i don't know, i'll be by here said law market, most other families live. we love to support each other that our pin, it is an offer on things like money and standards. linda isn't all, but she still needs to manage her money. well. give them shopping at the market. requires some haggling. there are no fixed prices here. linda can't

afford her own car. she takes the boss and said, that's sometimes been a pain during the pandemic, but it's the only option. and with at cruz, chaotic traffic driving is hardly a pleasure. she knows from her mother and step father, 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 way when it's in classes here, you my by way school. my friend is built into our ca. he says she said that there s e z build in. she's actually was, was a bit on how often those yes, i have with that that would go to hell of a lengthy me. i'm 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. it's 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. he's lived in mannheim. ever since so many gannons immigrating is part of life. not the most vile. so does that mean i was one of 8 children. the 4 older sister stayed and gonna, and the boys all moved abroad. i thought i should listen the amendment. i got one via the brothers overseas, all support the family you buddha, in all we've been doing that ever since we started living here in germany. lucky besides, you're here in britain on fulton, we're definitely not just his own children. other relatives also ask a quasi for money doctor on good hello. and to the uncle of the whole family was we helped them to vote 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 before really on. that's what we do. so as those wells of course, he lives on the outskirts of mannheim with his wife and linda's half brother. he has a job with the u. s. army he finds to pay ok, but even so, there isn't 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 would be goes on, is not only selling and buying buy yeah,

she girls will know how to do her threads. you wanted to do len this the briggs briggs then bit los and way obviously i think of she have a very dreadful grip. would you are found on the wow. linda old, bring half of the money you live would have put it in just supportive 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 linda's mother christiana, went to germany 18 years ago, leaving her 2 daughters with their grandmother. something not uncommon in ghana as well as was his record? not all of us can come here. so when you i hear and you support from one home still there do frontin. you can find some 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 a good idea. they called a daughter in accra. linda, good one. hi, how you doing? i'm fine. i'm doing good. and for example, in the business will cost you lexi 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 i'm are for funded heroes, for example. then i. ringback this is it, as your father was for what you the other 50 percent, which is the far from the use of talk with mommy and i have already prepared to support you so that you become self sufficient for the future. okay. wow. i think and i'll be always be in monday. yes. yes. as you saw back mountains,

that's 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 smokin' 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, the effort and their ownership. we support all sorts of different projects says that the small and micro levels of business and he just fell down this christ fun and everything from a small hair dressing business to a car mechanic at to a small i t start up regarding somebody taking their 1st steps as an independent programmer, i'm yolanda we support lots of different sectors. her and told her she did a coin to perform. and in linda as successful, would you get an accurate for a hair cut to preserve das myself didn't. i'd 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. i'd love to do it and gone

to hanna zagan authentic a get to know the entrepreneur personally. it can lam before that can happen. the family has to get its share of the funding together when a quantity in christiana, do their shopping and manheim, they still love going to their local african grocery store. they'd be la, didn't 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 spice is a quantity in christiana. no, from back on. yeah, yeah, this guy. yeah. the army from gun of at the front in from south america. oh, yeah. normally the prepay thought read it did not my have my fingers left a glass. is it okay one, you know i'm, i'm 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 5th fed daughter for my mother fed 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 i've called my brother how are you what i do, but we don't talk about selling money because they are old. they are not young family. thank you very much. all good. i 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 yes.

sometimes. oh, it's her. it's been something you feel, it's that you miss them or you wish to be with them together about what can i do? i mean i for beginning in was so hard for me. a by now we're miss there. mia? when we go home will feel at or less. i recall a resent. a lot of that for achs me. august. now, when are you going back to go now and then the war bout to gonna, but i'll come back here is my fucking 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. it seems p

d on isn't as lucky as linda when it comes to getting financial help from relatives . and this is supporting this family. i'm gonna, i'm gonna no, no i was it a jew. garzo leads me small for me, wire friendly keys. but when we need something, we ask him, is us saying 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. it's an exciting time for the entrepreneur to be those defend because law is like i'm building something for myself. oh. so when main that told me about it and know how it was like a good, a great opportunity for me to just ask something for my own. so i'm 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 there's a lot she wants to learn in the next few months. so far, she's 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. linda's friend gladys has been running a hair salon for years. she's showing linda the basics. me ah ah

and then it may become like today's my phase day. and then how are you okay, sounds good. thank you for the change and take a look and just make sure it's okay. my one has a teach me how much just like me to a home before he got a show. so i want to show me how she gets initially when it gets mentioned, you have to pay for the range like 5 years. that's what you pay 5 years.

whenever you get a book from someone, i think it's it's, it's, it also helps me. i come money when my business, good money. and now i'm on my feet right now. i don't have that kind of money. so one step at a time to start linda plans to continue selling highways from home. the journey to our christ central market takes 90 min. this is where the best hand extension for 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 is literally low. so that's why i

buy my hair from you. and i like customer service because when you conscious mouse with you and you know it's just not straightforward. very nice. and you know, i feel i was by the next day planning for the son continues. she's visited by solomon to me, 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 and i was i was just looking out my kids to know what is going what the saying, i don't put my name to something i can look up my money. the most important aspect of the coaching program as to what these interpret estimation,

that the current internet model that makes sense for whatever idea they have or whatever running with 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 there's enough demand, special demand to make her actually profitable and grow their business to the extent that should have even higher people. i'm glad i'm here to be. no, you fact i really want to talk more about counselor gets no more. i want you to give him ideas about how to do with my business, how goods go in house, even explain myself. when i really need more coaching. interest than if we see location. there are already a few hair salons, inland is neighborhood all day. so i

do have the saloon physical store as well. i think actually when you look at the targets that you are selling to, it makes a lot more sense to have an active online presence because you're selling fueling mills younger generation and they're very more engaged online. so doing a lot more online. c 0 of course. and for the business clients, the chairman development agency g, i said to 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 you're a weekly basis check up, he sees his role as the perfect compliment to the private support. linda's getting from her family don't have enough of the col shop away. you still have to pay for rent. you have the rails cost to deal with or that the payment form the diaspora

into gonna those when it comes up very, very important and critical. i don't have the figures read me to give you. but when, when you do the economist statistics, the remittance of that comes into dana form abroad, especially germany once is hundreds of millions of years. and that comes in to set up the form of a catholic funding without that kind of remittance i don't think would have had that kind of progress and development in that whole 3. by this time though, not everyone is benefiting from that progress. many people in gonna still live below the poverty line. the average wage is just a $110.00 euros per month. some scraped 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,

she's in a good position. linda's happy to get a visit from her sister. i rain there preparing a meal together. our cargo read with our hands on this i really lives outside our crop. she and her children visit linda whenever they can. i rein doesn't 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 clone. okay, actually. now i'm going to, i don't really feel that yoga. sometimes you feel lonely. you wish you have all your family. you know you, richie, i say with your mom, your dad you thought your brother like my son? faith no. here she can play visit or the kiss on vacation. if they are not here,

you know, it's not a fool only by a half lansing stuff in the house think i'm doing so so it doesn't make me feel all think about it too much. the honor. spencer. i yeah. we are human, some very boon. so you miss your family are on in vance. letty not walk on either. linda? no, some german phrases ready in case she takes a trip to visit her parents. i know good morgan look and fad with album l. my law a v give india v gave them with the banker, elm ah, i own. okay. own mm. linda's dream is slowly taking shape. it's a dream that doesn't involve leaving home like so many other gwanae instead bank in mannheim. it's saturday and linda's step father doesn't 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 ann dias per community in germany worked through dusky mike, 1212, testing what, what, why samantha, he hosts radio show for canadians living in germany as he says overseas. well, this is very, very important here, but in this game, so there are so many radio stations here, but most of them are only and germinal butch migrants want to know what's 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 gunny in languages says it's very important women for student was that people understand what's going on here in germany. when we explain everything in those languages letter.

ah, a reminder. mm hm. the topic today is all about remittances payments from the diaspora to gonna williams a quote. they know you bought some geologist who has lived in germany for a long time. how useful is this idea of rental says we're good, we're living in germany or in the base. we're helping the country gunner oh, so i think out with remittance if it is not only people living in germany who remit to family or was transfer money to family. i am even if you're living in ghana and you're working in the north, are you awaken in the kumasi? so depending on where you are living, it's 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 i'm gonna, the government can't do much for us. martin, the in germany, if you don't have a job, you go to the unemployment office kind dropped if you're sick, there's health insurance and social programs, frank and frank and for the shuttle that will suit you. there's always something in the system that benefits the people. him hello, but for us it's the family emma. i am the common about buy owns as a family ah. in on sunday, it's time to rest. the a do say family eats unless you leave breakfast together. well, whenever we're in morrisville, are you doing? when they're all together, they tend to speak english at the meal looks like a typical german breakfast or home toward

me, morgan a soft or hard hand delivered to it, made the full. okay. and i'm a quasi fills them in on linda's progress in ghana after she told me she has started the atlanta, missoula, rob gentlemen, who beat her own boss herself in tears. nathan has never lived with his step sister. his own. he met her on short visits to garner, but the 2 still have a close relationship as above mission can that conversely, it was a childhood dream for me that she'd come here and she's my sister. and he used to get sad that she wasn't here. why she mentioned gone all of the guns and version after we would visit ghana. i was always sad and i'd say to my parents, when is she coming here? talked on linda's. yes, i have a good relationship with my other sister to those on file. but i think i'm closest with linda lice. macias is often your like,

the other one is already married and has her own children. us would you? she's grown up with you. been with the younger sister? it's more like were buddies from work. we asked nathan whether he might have preferred to have some of the money. his parents had sent to lender over the years coming. line exquisite miss susan, honestly know, disposal. i know when they send it to us, since lycos of i have enough things here, and i hope you understand exhaustion, and there are fewer opportunities there. also, my mil vinegar here, i have more options, open to me maps. you'd often wonder there's a good reason to send the money there once i go see, besides the hand shaking will. who does this of but that is already with miss mary . oh, our hope is that now we won't have to keep sending something each month to support her. that says, is delivered yet. so certainly she'll become independent with optimus of what in, and she won't expect us to keep helping out every month. little does to some got it . oh to now it is a ok, i mean,

electron fills that will make everything easier knowing there's a bright future ahead in the me. he understood as we were hoping for the best. who does others? good? good. loved yeah. linda and her family, i just one example of the millions of my that supporting their loved ones back on these a family size that span the globe with in the future, a quasi will be counting on his daughter to make her own way. but if things do ever get ties, he can rest easy knowing he still has a list of all the money transfer offices around town. ah

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