Show The pipeline home AC1 iftb ant 20L Ea The Salt I itke Tribune 41 41 1)vemilwr 27 Mon(Iay A9 200-- Lk ‘ 5i7r anelle-i-o -- -1 fl a r ki--- 1 TI in 4 4 9 7 IMIIMMIMM111111114 ' ! i ' lo e i :r7-4- '- I I - i 9 -- 45'r 11 $ i ?' 4 k vsi t'sksVv'' 4:‘ 'i ' : 1 '0 f' L te- 1 !: :: - ''':: 1 c :I f - ''''' 14 ' - '1 7: 5:-:- '''t lk ''1''' 7 1 V' e 1701r -rt' t:i' :e41'0::-: ' At i ' ''' 1 ::'' Sv11‘ '' - ' Ii i': '7' Place of origin: Punjab India Mace of residence: Logan Method of remittance: Western Union shift Sham Singh seasons and cooks the chicken 4 shrimp and vegetable dishes he serves at his Indian Oven restaurant in Logan A few feet away his uncle and teenage son set up the buffet clean tables and play host to diners Singh's wife operates the cash register at the adjacent grocery store and gas station For the Singhs this is the reason behind their immigration from India to Utah: steady hard work and the chance to share their financial with loved ones half a world away The Singhs left their native Punjab in northern India 10 years ago where the kind of busiwork they now do at their family-owneness would have yielded about 200 rupees or $450 a day Sham Singh worked at restaurants in Provo well-bein- ''-- '' Utah-earne- g d Ofibrok NA-ree- ' -- — i!: 'i:"2 ' ' A I:f'7':':' NELsoNiihrSati '''' !1 i Place of origin: Marialbai Sudan Place of residence: Salt Lake City Method of remittance: African store in Salt Lake City the time he was 3James Alic was expected to contribute to his welfare in Sudan Back then the most that was asked of him was to take care of the family cows which can be used to enhance the dowry of the family's women In the late 1980s Garang fled his nation along with thousands of other youngsters known as the Lost Boys At 10 he began a trek through African nations and eventually into a refugee resettlement program that separated him from his family but brought him to Salt Lake City "This was not my choice" said Garang But even as he struggles to get by here he cannot From I t: P :''''' 1- " ':: : ''' :t i 1 1 3 '' - ' ' - t' ly:: t ":1 :' ' -- - i' '- ''' 1 ' 4 T g! 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' ' 41 : 1'' '''' f ' ' 's '1 i 4' ' : -- 4 I ' - I: 4 - ":'' ' I t '' ' "It is a duty" he says "What I have is my mom's What I have is my family's" It's a cultural concept that's hard to explain to school financial aid officials who refuse to help out men like him because they don't Understan(l why he needs to hell) his relatives "It alleviates the suffering of people" is the only explanation he can give In Salt Lake City that means he'll forgo fixing his car and sometimes health insurance "There are times that I sacrifice my needs" he said "But I know I have to take care of my relations I was not born in this world alone" 4A 4 o5 ' ' 4 NFIN0N1114Sob Lahr rica d 0' '- service at Money-transf- r 04 :i ' - forget the familial lessons tithe past A few times a year he heads to a grocery store in Salt Lake City that specializes in African goods and hands money to a cashier who posts it to the mother and tour siblings who live in a Kenyan refugee camp Some relatives also might ask him to help them with a dowry or to buy cows or chickens This year he estimates sending about $5000 - almost a third of to some 40 relatives in Afhis annual salary James Alio Oarang Ili - 1IFL511 Tc FHLNT d t: ' q TriImilt 1 : ' Nitt Lake 4 ''' 1 e t - ste7Or (sc ' f4 ': ) 7 ' ' ''''' ' ' 4 4"'FF mpp : ' e t t:' 44 1 1 1' 4 e4 e ' 4 ''' and Salt Lake City until six months ago when he opened the Indian Oven While Singh saves for his children's education and for the family's immediate needs here once or twice a year the family sends hundreds sometimes thousands of dollars to their Indian relatives for food and health care Families like the Singhs collectively send about $10 billion annually to India the world's top destination for remittances "We never go out to a night club we just work" says Singh who often toils from 8 am until I am "In our culture we have a lot of responsibilities Indian guys are always thinking about families" When a family member marries dies or marks a special occasion abroad the Singhs hand over their cash It's not a burden to spend your resources on people you love says Singh The Singhs say they're no different from other Indian families who have gone abroad seeking not only a better financial future for themselves but a better quality of life for those who have stayed behind "We all take care of our family until they die" says Sham's teenage son Mohinder OGAN — During his 1 ' Ai' 5 '1 ' TRENT The Shigh familY ''k '''' - '::' i 'f ' i:5' 17-4- - 4 t1 ): ''Lt4L1 ' '': f ''' - t7- i 41: SP ''i7' or 'c t ket 91 14k : 'v' 4 - 4: irf e t -t - o iho ix4- 1 - 7 ' ' -174' '01 :4 d r''''W: 00012 14 iN - k: - - S77104i-!-44!- - — 41 t : : 2- - ' x t11 4 k '') tt' " :t1-'1- rr: 0 1!' 4!' I ' 7 it' -- ! 1 i :' - i'' ' ' e soN Ilhe Stdi Lake Tnhtale ones she began looking for work outside her homeland knowing that if she stayed she couldn't meet her obligations to her family She met a scientist from Salt Lake City who helped her find a job as a biologist here Eventually she was earning a salary that let her send $1000 to $2000 to her relatives in Russia each year At first she sent the money with friends visiting the homeland Eventually when the Russian and American banking systems became more compatible she opened a joint account with her mother Matveeva was able to pay for health care that prolonged the lives of her grandfather and aunt She pays for the repairs of her mother's modest home "Certainly I suffered because I was able to see the family so little" she says "And they were unable to see my son grow up" But to stay was to sink into poverty like her colleagues some of whom began to drink heavily and watched their careers and lives deteriorate "They are called the lost generation" Matveeva says "the ones whose creative potential was not used" T77 177 77 77 77 Jima 1ring Place of origin: Dongtang China Place of residence: Salt Lake City Method of remittance: Sends checks in the mall 0 n the surface of a laboratory desk Jian Ying carefully tapes and flattens out a piece of plastic As a genetics student at the University of Utah Ying is on a professional quest to find a solution to high blood pressure by isolating a gene which he maps on the plastic But as the son ()fa Chinese rice farmer Ying is also on a mission to help his remaining relatives in southern China Last year he sent $20()Oto his mother Huizhi Song "It makes me very happy" he says Huizhi Song made about $450 last year farming and sifting sand fir construction work in Dongtang village "It's very hard work planting rice" says her son whose small stipend as a doctoral stu r177 777 777 17- 11C77717 '77 VI" &di hikt Tr 7httlit dent in genetics is more than five times his mother's salary in China "She totally depends on me" says the fresh-faceYing who looks barely old enough to work Last year he mailed his mother a check which she was able to cash for a $10 fee at a Chinese bank As China's economy improves fewer families seek financial help from relatives abroad Even so Chinese families like Ying's took in more than $1 billion in remittances in 2002 according to the International Monetary Fund Though money did not play in his decision to become a geneticist Ying says he's taken advantage of the opportunity to help his mother and his sister For one thing he helped pay a $3000 family debt While a North American man his age might be dreaming of cars a home and other material things Ying szlys his only ambition is to see his mother live a long healthy life lie lives in a shiall apartment and has no car It's worth it he says because his mother has enough money for food and medicine and his sister is married and has a stable life "Of course I am very happy to help" he says "I have no deep desire to get many things" |