Around 200 million migrant workers sent US$528 billion back to their families in remittance-reliant countries in 2018. Photos: IFAD
"It is not about the money being sent home, it is about the impact on people’s lives. The small amounts of $200 or $300 that each migrant sends home make up about 60 per cent of the family’s household income, and this makes an enormous difference in their lives and the communities in which they live."
— Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development
The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) is a universally-recognized observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/72/281) and celebrated every year on 16 June. The day recognizes the contribution of over 200 million migrants to improve the lives of their 800 million family members back home, and to create a future of hope for their children. Half of these flows go to rural areas, where poverty and hunger are concentrated, and where remittances count the most.
Through this observance, the United Nations aims to bring greater awareness of the impact that these contributions have on millions of households, but also on communities, countries, and entire regions The Day also calls upon governments, private sector entities, as well as the civil society, to find ways that can maximize the impact of remittances through individual, and/or collective actions.
The IDFR is fully recognized at the global level, and included as one of the key initiatives
Take Action!
You are welcome to celebrate the day using the assets provided by IFAD.
IFAD also invites you to contribute to the 2019 endorsements.
To mark the Day and participate in the #FamilyRemittances2030 Campaign, here are
organize a multi-stakeholder meeting on – or around – June 16 to inform government
promote financial education as a public good and a central pillar of financial inclusion
local governments can promote awards for greatest innovations brought migrant
Private sector entities
Promote a ZERO FEE day or week to transfer remittances for free, in order to encourage
Offer education campaigns that promote trust among remittance customers around the
Civil society Migrants:
If you have been a migrant worker for a long time and you are longing to be with your loved
Getting financial education so you know how to save on a regular basis;
Promoting that your loved ones, including your children, learn how to save and use wisely
Diaspora organizations:
Support your migrant nationals with information about cheapest, safest mechanism to
Volunteer to provide financial education to migrants (use reference fined material).
Organize a pre-departure awareness-raising day, involving migrant returnees.
https://www.un.org/en/events/family-remittances-day/index.shtml
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode"It is not about the money being sent home, it is about the impact on people’s lives. The small amounts of $200 or $300 that each migrant sends home make up about 60 per cent of the family’s household income, and this makes an enormous difference in their lives and the communities in which they live."
— Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development
The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) is a universally-recognized observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/72/281) and celebrated every year on 16 June. The day recognizes the contribution of over 200 million migrants to improve the lives of their 800 million family members back home, and to create a future of hope for their children. Half of these flows go to rural areas, where poverty and hunger are concentrated, and where remittances count the most.Through this observance, the United Nations aims to bring greater awareness of the impact that these contributions have on millions of households, but also on communities, countries, and entire regions The Day also calls upon governments, private sector entities, as well as the civil society, to find ways that can maximize the impact of remittances through individual, and/or collective actions.
The IDFR is fully recognized at the global level, and included as one of the key initiatives
to implement the newly-adopted Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
(Objective 20), also calling for the reduction of remittance transfer costs, and greater financial
inclusion through remittances. The Day also furthers the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Towards these objectives, the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural
Towards these objectives, the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD), as custodian of the IDFR, is supporting the #Family
Remittances2030 Campaign, to allow stakeholders to endorse the values the
Day represents and to showcase their engagement.
Take Action!
You are welcome to celebrate the day using the assets provided by IFAD.
IFAD also invites you to contribute to the 2019 endorsements.
To mark the Day and participate in the #FamilyRemittances2030 Campaign, here are
some suggestions for the different sectors involved:
Governments and public sector stakeholders
Governments and public sector stakeholders
organize a multi-stakeholder meeting on – or around – June 16 to inform government
agencies about your national migrants´ contribution to your countries´ GDP and learn
what can be done to maximize the impact of these funds.
promote financial education as a public good and a central pillar of financial inclusion
to stimulate the uptake of financial services by migrant workers and their families.
local governments can promote awards for greatest innovations brought migrant
returnees or funded by migrant workers in benefit of their home communities.
Private sector entities
Promote a ZERO FEE day or week to transfer remittances for free, in order to encourage
the use of international money transfer platforms and reduce informal transactions.
Offer education campaigns that promote trust among remittance customers around the
benefits and safety of mobile and other enhanced remittance transferred methods.
Civil society Migrants:
Get prepared before migrating for work: pre-departure orientation (use our workshop
guidelines containing format, questions, etc (link here).
If you have been a migrant worker for a long time and you are longing to be with your loved
ones: Make your desire to reunite with your family a reality, by:
Getting financial education so you know how to save on a regular basis;
Promoting that your loved ones, including your children, learn how to save and use wisely
the hard-earned money that you send home regularly; and
Ask your children´s school director/teachers to teach children basic savings principles.
Ask your children´s school director/teachers to teach children basic savings principles.
Diaspora organizations:
Support your migrant nationals with information about cheapest, safest mechanism to
send money home.
Volunteer to provide financial education to migrants (use reference fined material).
Organize a pre-departure awareness-raising day, involving migrant returnees.
