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Post by gulfcoastgirl on Feb 2, 2020 14:55:03 GMT
I have a foster daughter in Kisoro. I've been sending her modest amounts of money every month through MoneyGram, which is easy to do in Canada at the post office, but it is $10 cdn a pop, which I'd rather go to my DFD. I thought I would just do direct deposit to a bank. DFD opened an account, but plans hit a road block. I had to give her address to my bank in order to complete the transaction. DFD had no concept of "address". I recently read a NYT article about Jumia, the Amazon of Africa, and their challenge to deliver items to customers. medium.com/the-green-light/jumia-challenges-and-solutions-for-e-commerce-in-africa-b3c634252818edit:Thanks so much for the advice and ideas. Right after I posted I got distracted by a doggie who had to pee and didn't check back until now. I will try every idea you've offered - I appreciate it so much. "Many hands make light work."  Ill keep you posted! |
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Post by jenjie on Feb 2, 2020 15:25:44 GMT
Can you use the address of her bank?
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Post by mlynn on Feb 2, 2020 15:25:45 GMT
Have you considered a pre-paid VISA card that can be reloaded? Or open a bank account here with a debit card?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2020 16:33:04 GMT
I have a foster daughter in Kisoro. I've been sending her modest amounts of money every month through MoneyGram, which is easy to do in Canada at the post office, but it is $10 cdn a pop, which I'd rather go to my DFD. I thought I would just do direct deposit to a bank. DFD opened an account, but plans hit a road block. I had to give her address to my bank in order to complete the transaction. DFD had no concept of "address". I recently read a NYT article about Jumia, the Amazon of Africa, and their challenge to deliver items to customers. medium.com/the-green-light/jumia-challenges-and-solutions-for-e-commerce-in-africa-b3c634252818It is not just Uganda. Many of the countries in Africa and the Middle East have no addresses in the format we think of an address having. They use descriptive paragraphs to explain where they live. Does her family or someone she knows have a post office box? Or does your bank require a street address? |
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Post by pilcas on Feb 2, 2020 16:51:43 GMT
Could you send the same amount you send her every month once a year or every six months? That way you would only pay the fee once. My grandmother lived in a very small village in Europe. There were no numbers or streets. Letters had the village name. The postmaster delivered letters to the village general store and people would check for their mail there.
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Post by librarylady on Feb 2, 2020 22:40:39 GMT
Have you considered a pre-paid VISA card that can be reloaded? Or open a bank account here with a debit card? Many foreign countries do not use credit cards or debit cards the way we do here.
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Post by librarylady on Feb 2, 2020 22:44:35 GMT
How did you "adopt" her--was there an organization that matched the two of you together?
We had an "adopted" boy in a refugee camp in India. We sent the money to the organization that matched us up.
That organization gave him the money or used it for his support. I sent it annually rather than monthly.
FWIW, it was a part of our church's international ministry.
Sad part--when he reached age 18 we could no longer contact him.
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