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1 | Somali Americans Fight to Save Their Lifeline of Cash for Relatives Back Home | Somaliana Amerikàna: Miady Hanavotra Ny Vola Tahiriny Ho An'Ireo Havany Any An-tanindrazana |
2 | Buses in Hargeisa, Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia. | Fiarabe fitaterana any Hargeisa, Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia. |
3 | Photo by Flickr user Charles Roffey. | Sary avy amin'i Charles Roffey, mpampiasa Flickr. |
4 | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 |
5 | This article and radio report by Ryan Katz for The World originally appeared on PRI.org on March 10, 2015, and is republished as part of a content-sharing agreement. | Niseho voalohany tao amin'ny PRI.org ny 10 Martsa 2015 ity lahatsoratra ity sy ny tatitry ny radio nataon'i Ryan Katz ho an'ny The World, ary naverina nalefa noho ny fifanarahana fifampizaràna votoaty. |
6 | Abdi Awali has a routine he's followed every month for years: He heads to a money-transfer business by his house in Minneapolis, gives the teller some basic information and slides $100 through a slot. | Manana fomba fanao efa narahany isam-bolana nandritra ny taona maro i Abdi Awali: Mankany aminà toerana iray fandefasam-bola eo akaikin'ny tranony any Minneapolis izy, manome ny ambangovangony fototra ilain'ilay mpiasa ary manisika 100 dolara eo amin'ny varavarankely. |
7 | Then he logs onto Facebook and checks in with his aunt in Somalia. | Avy eo miditra amin'ny Facebook izy ary manara-maso miaraka amin'ny nenitoany any Somalia. |
8 | Yes, she got the cash. | Eny, azony ilay vola. |
9 | Confirmed. | Voamarina. |
10 | “She's a single mom, you know,” Awali says. | “Vehivavy mipetraka irery anie izy” hoy i Awali. |
11 | “She doesn't have a job, she doesn't have healthcare, nothing. | “Tsy manana asa izy, tsy manana fiahiana ara-pahasalamana, tsy misy na inona na inona. |
12 | It's not much to us but it's a big deal to them. | Tsy dia zavatra lehibe izany ho antsika, fa tena olana lehibe kosa ho azy ireo. |
13 | Just $50 or $100, it's enough for the whole month.” | 50 dolara na 100 dolara fotsiny, ampy tsara ho an'ny volana iray manontolo izay.” |
14 | Every day, people in the US wire money to relatives in other countries. | Isan'andro, mandefa vola ho an'ireo havany any amin'ny firenena hafa ireo olona any Etazonia. |
15 | Those payments, called remittances, help pay for everything from rent and food to school supplies. | Ireo fandoavam-bola ireo, antsoina hoe fandefasam-bola, dia manampy amin'ny fandoavana ny zavatra rehetra, manomboka amin'ny hofantrano, ny sakafo ary hatramin'ireo fitaovana any an-tsekoly. |
16 | For Somalis, the cash transfers are a critical way to get money from abroad, as Somalia largely lacks formal banks. | Ho an'ireo Somaliana, fomba iray tena ilaina amin'ny fahazoam-bola avy any ivelany ireo fandefasam-bola ireo, satria tena tsy ampy ny fisian'ny banky ara-dalàna any Somalia. |
17 | But Somali Americans were recently barred for sending cash home. | Fa tato ho ato, noferana tsy nahazo nandefa vola tany an-tanindrazany intsony ireo Somaliana Amerikàna. |
18 | That's when Merchants Bank of California - the main US bank still willing doing business with the mostly Somali-run transfer companies, called hawalas in Arabic - stopped the transfers cold. | Izany dia tamin'ny nampitsaharan'ny “Merchants Bank of California” ny fandefasam-bola, ilay hany banky any Etazonia mbola vonona ny niara-niasa tamin'ireo orinasa mpandefa vola, antsoina hoe “hawalas” amin'ny teny Arabo, izay maro no tantanan'ny Somaliana. |
19 | Many other banks have backed away from sending money from the US to Somalia, facing pressure from the Treasury Department not to put cash in the hands of terrorists. | Maro ireo banky hafa sasany niverin-dàlana ka tsy nandefa vola avy any Etazonia mankany Somalia, izy ireo izay miaritra ny teritery avy amin'ny Departemantan'ny Tahirim-bola mba tsy hanome vola ho eny an-tànan'ireo mpampihorohoro. |
20 | That worry is directed at the militant group al-Shabab, which, according to a study by the Institute of Security Studies, recruited members for as low as $50. | Mitodika amin'ilay vondrona mpikatroka al-Shabab ny ahiahy, izay, araka ny fikarohana nataon'ny “Institute of Security Studies” (Ivontoerana Fikarohana ny Filaminana), dia mampiditra mpikambana amin'ny vola 50 dolara monja. |
21 | After Merchants Bank's move, anxiety spread throughout the Somali American community, and an economic lifeline suddenly froze. | Taorian'ny nialàn'ny Merchants Bank, niparitaka tao amin'ny vondrom-piarahamonina Somaliana Amerikana ny tebiteby, ary famonjena ara-bola iray mba entina miaina no natsahatra tampoka. |
22 | “The Somalia diaspora sends $1.3 billion every year to their loved ones in Somalia,” says Scott Paul, Oxfam America's senior humanitarian policy advisor focusing on East Africa. | “Mandefa vola mitentina 1.3 lavitrisa dolara isan-taonaho an'ireo havany akaiky any Somalia ireo Somaliana mpila ravinahitra,” hoy i Scott Paul, mpanolontsaina voalohany amin'ny politika momba ny mahaolona ao amin'ny Oxfam America, miompana manokana amin'ny Afrika Atsinanana. |
23 | “That's more than the country receives in humanitarian aid and foreign investment combined.” | “Mihoatra noho fitambaran'ny fanampiana voarain'ny firenena noho ny maha-olona sy ny fampiasam-bola avy any ivelany.” |
24 | Most of that wired cash is used to meet basic needs. | Ny ankamaroan'ireo vola alefa ireo dia ampiasaina amin'ireo filàna fototra andavananandro. |
25 | Abdulaziz Sugule, the head of the Somali American Money Service Association, is now urging small Somali-run money transfer companies - ones that had typically worked with Merchant and other banks - to partner with local banks in Minnesota. | Abdulaziz Sugule, ny filohan'ny “Somali American Money Service Association” (Fikambanana Fandefasam-bola Somaliana Amerikana), dia mangataka ireo orinasa kely mpandefa vola tantanan'ny Somaliana - ireo izay niara-niasa hatrizay tamin'ny Merchant sy ireo banky hafa - mba hiara-hiasa amin'ireo banky any Minnesota. |
26 | “This is a humanitarian issue,” he says. | “Ho an'ny olana amin'ny maha-olona io,” hoy izy. |
27 | So far, some of the banks are cooperating, but it's unclear how long those partnerships might last. | Hatramin'izao, manaiky miara-miasa ireo banky sasany, saingy tsy fantatra aloha hoe haharitra hatramin'ny oviana ny faharetan'ireo fiaraha-miasa ireo. |
28 | The instability frightens Katra Ismael, a registered nurse who has sent money back to her family in Somalia for more than 20 years. | Safotofoto mampitahotra an'i Katra Ismael, mpitsabo mpanampy izay nandefa vola ho any amin'ny fianakaviany any Somalia efa maherin'ny 20 taona izao. |
29 | “It's your money that you earned and you want to pay for your families to have food on the table,” she says. | “Volanao io izay azonao ary tianao omena ny fianakavianao mba hahazoany sakafo ho eo an-databatra,” hoy izy. |
30 | At Sagal Restaurant, a restaurant popular among Somalis in Minneapolis, Mohammad Noa worries the transfer freeze will affect his family in a different way. | Ao amin'ny “Sagal Restaurant”, toeram-pisakafoanana malaza amin'ireo Somaliana any Minneapolis, manahy i Mohammad Noa fa mety hisy fiantraikany amin'ny lafiny maro ho an'ny fianakaviany ilay fampiatoana ny fandefasam-bola. |
31 | He has six children back home and thinks that shutting off money transfers will create opportunity for violent groups like al-Shabab. | Manana zanaka miisa enina izy mijanona any an-tranony ary mieritreritra izy fa hanome vahana ireo vondrona mahery setra sahala amin'ny al-Shabab ny fampiatoana ny fandefasam-bola. |
32 | “When the children cannot go to school because they don't have the money to pay their fee, they're going to be vulnerable and listen to recruitment deals,” he says. | “Rehefa tsy afaka mandeha an-tsekoly ireo ankizy satria tsy manam-bola handoavana ny saram-pianarany, lasa mora voatarika izy ireo ary mihaino ny fanakaramàna azy hiditra ao amin'ilay vondrona,” hoy izy. |