Leaving and losing your home


They go away promising to come back. They go away and send money. They visit, some of them. But many never return.  And that is a tragedy and blessing. They continue sending money and building what once was their home. But their loss is felt. It is felt in terms of broken families, shattered families, talents that no longer are available.

This could be the story today of many places around the world. It is a story that many here in Chicago could write about or tell on the radio or television. It is a story that is compelling because it is human, because it changes constantly with the global economy and flow of workers and because it links back to the roots of many who can never ever forget where they came from before they arrived here.

Here is the story from the Los Angeles Times. How can we add to this?

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A man plants rice seedlings in a paddy in Santa Barbara, Philippines, where one in 10 residents is an overseas worker. Remittances from such workers have transformed the farming town northwest of Manila into a community with vastly improved infrastructure and enabled sharecroppers to purchase the farms where they once worked as laborers.

A farm worker in a Philippine town where 10 percent of the residents live overseas – from the Los Angeles Times



Written by on August 26, 2009

Filed Under: ETHNIC MEDIA, IMMIGRANT STORIES, STORIES



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