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...hawala in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia (where it's referred to as hundi), European and U.S. officials have cracked down on them. That has shifted payments to easier-to-track official channels. Some migrants, however, still use methods that elude the bean counters. In Hong Kong, Endang Muna Saroh, 35, works as a nanny to two children in a comfortable residential neighborhood, and sends $200 home every month to her mother and 10-year-old son in Surabaya, Indonesia, wiring the money to her brother-in-law's bank account. The country receives recorded remittances such...
...daughter has trained as a nurse, another as a teacher, and his son as a radio technician. "The first time I wore shoes, I was 14 years old," Zamora says. "I don't want my family to go through that." It's a similar story in Indonesia where Endang's monthly money transfers from four years' work as a nanny in Hong Kong finally paid off last July, when her 10-year-old son, her mother and several relatives moved into a renovated two-story concrete house in Surabaya, bought with Endang's savings for about $9,700. In Paris...
...Endang Isnanik was stitching away at her sewing machine when she heard news of the Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta last month. Though hundreds of kilometers away in Bali, the 32-year-old widow began to cry, remembering the explosion that took the life of her husband in Kuta two years ago. "We cry every time we hear that a bomb has gone off," says the slight mother of three, trembling with an almost vacant look in her eyes. "I still have trouble sleeping...
...Many in Bali are still traumatized by the bombings their island experienced, which left 202 people dead and hundreds more injured or maimed for life. Like many of the Indonesian women who lost their husbands, Endang was a housewife with little education and few skills before the atrocity. But with the help of the government, private charities and concerned individuals, six of the Bali widows, as they are now known, have set up a sewing cooperative that allows them to pay their rent and support their children. Others have learned hairdressing at a new salon, while some sell handicrafts...
...Balinese and visitors alike, getting on with life is the secret to putting the bombs in the past. The two-year anniversary will be marked with prayer and tight security. At the widows' sewing shop, orders are steady for the sarongs, shirts and bags whose sales help Endang and her friends survive a daily struggle with their emotions. "Their recovery has been good," says Dr. Denny. "I think that holds true for Bali as well...