A2: Migration & trafficking-2
Awarenessraising
A2 ACTIVITIES TO REVEAL HIDDEN ISSUES
Why use this activity?
Corruption &
governance
Sometimes, migration leads to an increase in income. Migrants who are able to find paid
work often send a large part of this money back to their family (these payments are known as
‘remittances’) or they return to their home village/town with increased wealth. This tool helps
individuals and families make decisions about how this money is spent.
Conflict &
peacebuilding
Climate &
environment
Children &
youth
Making decisions about money
earned by migrants
A brief description
Disaster risk
management
This tools does not tell people how to spend their money. It provides a list of questions for
families which might help them make wise choices about what to do with their new income.
Explaining the words we use
Food &
livelihoods
Discrimination &
inclusion
Migration – the movement of people from one place to another. Migration can be
international (movement between different countries) or internal (movement within a
country, often from rural to urban areas).
The principles that guide our spending
Who should make the decisions about how this money is spent? How can we ensure that
everyone in the family is part of the decision-making process?
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What are our priorities as a family? What is important to each of us? How could the
money be used to help everyone in our family (women, men, children) reach our full
potential?
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Water,
sanitation &
hygiene
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Migration &
trafficking
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Influencing
decisionmakers
Health &
HIV
This is a short list of questions that can be shared with individuals and families who find
themselves with more money. The questions should help people think about the wisest ways
to use their money.
Gender &
sexual
violence
What to do
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A2 MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT MONEY
Awarenessraising
Children &
youth
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How could we use the money in ways that help others in the community? Can we give
away a portion of the money to help poor people in our community?
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Can we save/invest some money for the future? Where could it be invested? In a local
bank or savings group? Through buying something that will produce more income or
grow in value?
Climate &
environment
Conflict &
peacebuilding
For particular purchases/expenditures you could ask:
 Is this purchase going to benefit the whole family or just one person?
 Will this purchase help my children’s health, education and general well-being?
 Will it benefit the wider community in any way?
 How long will any benefits last?
 Could the money be spent on something different that helps more people and has
longer-lasting benefits?
Corruption &
governance
Disaster risk
management
Finding out more
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Footsteps 78 - Migration http://tilz.tearfund.org/en/resources/publications/footsteps/footsteps_71-80/footsteps_78/
Discrimination &
inclusion
Food &
livelihoods
Related tools:
 A1 – Revealing migration: background information for facilitators [A1: Migration & trafficking-1]
 A1 – Revealing human trafficking (slavery): background information for facilitators [A1:
Migration & trafficking-2
 A2 – Exploring the risks and opportunities of migration [A2: Migration & trafficking-1]
 A2 – Understanding vulnerability to human trafficking (slavery) [A2: Migration & trafficking-3]
 A2 – The lies traffickers tell [A2: Migration & trafficking-4]
 B – Migration (Bible study) [A2: Migration & trafficking-1]
Gender &
sexual
violence
Health &
HIV
Influencing
decisionmakers
Migration &
trafficking
Water,
sanitation &
hygiene
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