remittance

Secured life, happy life!

Parbati, 40, lives alone in a two-story building in Patan Municipality of Baitadi district of Nepal. Her husband and son are away in India for work. Same is the situation in all ten households in her community. Mostly all male members are away for work, leaving female and young members of the...

A woman takes out the money send by her husband from India - Credit: Oxfam/OIM/UNDP

Supporting 'forgotten migrants'

Few highlight or support Nepal's ‘forgotten migrants’, those working seasonally in India. Oxfam reaches out to them and their families, using remittance for lasting change...

Awareness raising at the Indian border during Migration Day - Credit: Oxfam

Utilizing remittance to create lasting change

What if poverty forces you to migrate for work and you are unable to send your salary back home just because your family lives in a remote place where no banks or remittance service provider can be found?