dynamicafrica:infinite—igloos:In light of banks refusing to send money transfers to Somalia fo
dynamicafrica:infinite—igloos:In light of banks refusing to send money transfers to Somalia for fear of it funding terrorist groups, I started the hashtags #IFundFoodNotTerror and #Somalis4Remittances on twitter. Support if you are an ally. If you are Somali, chime in! Somalis have been sending money back home for the last 20+ years. The money goes back into the local economy and is a major source of income for many Somalis. It pays for everything from food to school fees to medicine. Every single Somali family sends money back home. If Somalis living abroad can no longer send money to their families it will have DEVASTATING consequences. It is condemning so many innocent people to starvation. I now no longer have a way to send money back to my own family. My brother and sister and father are not terrorists. Neither are the millions of Somalis who rely on money transfers to survive. This isn’t about terrorism. It’s about Islamophobia, anti blackness, U.S. hegemony/imperialism, and capitalism. We refuse to allow this to happen to our families. Somalia deserves to continue to develop. Let’s make some noise about this!https://storify.com/HYMire/ifundfoodnotterror More reading: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2025633694_sarahcolumn06xml.html#.VNY-AoJNTtY.mailto -- source link