Tag: remittances
![A woman trader in Hargeisa market serves a cup of fresh camel’s milk. Small-scale business women often rely on remittances as start-up money for their stalls. Photo: Petterik Weggers/Oxfam Hargeisa Market, Somalia](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hargeisa-market.jpg)
A lifeline for Somali families is hanging by a thread
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The money sent home to loved ones by Somalis living abroad makes up a huge proportion of the country’s economy . In fact, nearly half of the Somali population depends on remittances to meet their everyday needs. Today, this flow of money is under threat like never before. Read more »