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When financial constraints prevent honoring cultural obligations

My mother died last month and I could not afford to fly home for the funeral and now my siblings say I have forgotten who I am and where I come from but they do not understand what survival costs here.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The anguish of being forced to choose between economic survival and fulfilling the deepest duties to family and tradition.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Belonging for immigrants and refugees?”

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