Highlighting the significant sums of money that migrants send home to improve the lives of their family members.
The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/72/281) in 2018 and observed every year on June 16th highlights the significant sums of money that over 200 million migrants send home to improve the lives of over 800 million family members.
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Everyday I see looms for sale on facebook marketplace and everyday I yearn so so deeply, but I have no weaving experience beyond some very basic tablet bracelet kids stuff. Is there a good "beginners" loom that I might look out for if one pops up in my area?
a rigid heddle loom is a wonderful introduction to weaving that will allow you to get familiar with the basics of setting up a loom, woven structure, finishing, etc. while being more affordable than a multishaft table or floor loom as well as involving less moving parts. it depends on where you live, but generally the most common rigid heddle loom you'll find on secondhand sites is by ashford, a company from nz/aotearoa. any manufacturer is fine, just make sure the listing comes with all parts, ie. the heddle, warping peg, shuttles, etc. there are tons of free resources online from the manufacturers sites as well as youtube tutorials and books that can teach you every step of the process of using a rigid heddle loom
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Bread and Eggs
(NOT A PR0MPT)
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It started with the ringing of Villain’s phone. He wasn’t surprised to see Hero’s name pop up. He admired the too-small circle with her picture on it. It was impossible to tell by looking at the emblem, but Villain knew it was a picture from their first date.
To think it had been five years ago...
Villain’s picture on Hero’s phone had been a more recent photo, one from their engagement. An image of him kneeling with the classic black velvety case. It was warm the day of their engagement- Villain didn’t dare propose on a cold day; it would have led to an obvious refusal.
He used to joke that warmth was the only reason Hero even liked him. “You scorn me constantly,” Villain would tease. “You only like me because of the heat I so generously produce.”
“As if you have any control over it! You can’t help that you’re so warm, but it is definitely a plus,” she would ultimately agree.
Now, they were married- and, oh, hadn’t it been a dream? Looking for homes, buying a home, getting groceries, coming home to one another, holding each other at the end of the day. It was all Villain wanted in life, and for so long, it seemed impossible. Yet, here they were; her joyful face was beaming at his under the name ‘Love of my life’.
Answering the phone, Villain jokingly began, “Yes, honey, I remembered to get the bread and eggs.”
The voice that answered wasn’t Hero’s.
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fillinf out all the stupid forms and ordering a stupid transcript to explain to the stupid financial aid people that the reason I have so many stupid credits but am not in my stupid degree program yet is because they're stupid transfers from stupid OTHER college and stupid OTHER degrees and most of the stupid credits are not! actually! relevant! to my stupid CURRENT degree paths!
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I’ve heard various answers for various reasons (school, marriage, job) and I’m curious for personal research. I’m in the states so hence the USD but you can keep the numbers the same and change to your currency.
Please reblog I’d love to get various povs of people moving across the world!
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Family Remittances Campaign 2020‑2030: Support one billion people to reach their own SDGs.
The International Day of Family Remittances 2024 campaign aims at ensuring support for the observance and dissemination of resulting actions in the framework of the decennial Campaign 2020‑2030: Support one billion people to reach their own SDGs.
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sooo sorry btw i am so behind on dms and comms and literally everything. move in is next week and ive been working every day leading up plus packing plus my other side job. so i promise i am getting to everything i just. have to get to it. yk.
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everytime i have to phone the bank it takes me literal weeks (okay once it took me actually 3 years but shh) to psych myself up to do it, and then it takes like 10 minutes and is very easy and the staff are very helpful and then i wonder why i thought it was so scary to phone in the first place
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when i tell students they have loan offers just to make them aware and they’re like “heh… nice try…i’m not taking those out, sorry to break it to you” like ok i actually don’t care at all it has 0 bearing on me or my job i literally just have to make sure you know it’s an option. why would i care
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Since I’m coming in as a transfer student I’m offered three years to complete my degree (instead of two!, and that really excited me because I learn so much better when I’m able to take my time.
But ever time I bring it up my parents completely shut down the conversation and say I’m going to complete my degree in two years.
And every time this happens I tell them I’ve been promised by the school a financial package, and that we’ll be spending way less than originally thought, but THEY DONT BELIEVE ITS ACTUALLY GONNA HAPPEN. The keep telling me “we can cover it even without the school giving us money” but then throw out the idea of another year in school because they don’t want to pay for another year.
It’s so frustrating and I know I’m already so lucky to be going to college in the first place, but I wish my parents would just listen to me about my own education 🫠
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