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Charity and social-help: Migrants Social networks and healthcare in the homeland.

The author's main purpose of the article is to examine the role of migrant village

associations played in the delivery of healthcare in their villages of origin. The writer

contextualizes his study in the global village where neo-liberal ideas are being adopted by the

government resulting in the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor. The author

uses two case studies to try and test his hypothesis. He sets the stage in the first section of his

article by examining the adoption of the Haalpulaar immigrant association in Senegal in the

period following the adoption of the structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and 90’s.

The second part of his article examines two cases of concrete Haalpulaar immigrant

engagement with their home villages. It’s the author's considered position that the structural

adjustment programs in the 1980s and ’90s especially in Senegal caused untold devastation to

the urban and rural populations. The farmers in the Senegal River valley were left almost

wholly dependent on the migrant dollar which was the remission of dollars or euros earned

by their migrant family members.

The west Africans according to a study by McGaffey and Ganga (2000) are more

predisposed to supporting initiatives that help finance local development. In Senegal during

festivals in the Senegal River valley, those who actively participate in community

development initiates are celebrated as heroes. The scope of areas funded by these

community associations is enough to elevate them to a level of an NGO with the only

difference being they do not receive the donor funds available to NGOs. The Haalpulaar

immigrant associations leaders utilize both modern medicine and traditional medicine in

seeking to cure illnesses that the biomedicine of the day consider incurable. The association's

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major goal is to improve the social welfare of their villages by delivering quality medicine

and medical equipment to their village of origin.

The migrant associations represent one of the most formidable social welfare

providers in their native villages. These welfare projects in form of improved healthcare and

healthcare facilities, the building of new schools etc. encroach on the government’s

responsibility to its people. Any responsive government is responsible for the provision of

healthcare services and the construction of healthcare facilities and schools. When these

village associations engage in the business of a government by providing healthcare and

education services to the locals, this is bound to create friction between the authorities and the

associations. The government may take the kind gesture of these associations as an insult to

its own efforts on the provision of those services to the community which may lead to

unintended consequences. There have been reports of delayed or denied permits for the

construction of healthcare facilities and education centers.

The mere existence of services in a particular geographical region does not mean

access to that service. Village associations in their wisdom delocalized healthcare services

which translated into more access by the communities in their original villages of origin. The

practice of combining traditional medicine and modern medicine helped in demystifying

modern medical processes which encouraged more people to seek medical help when they

were not feeling well. The same can be said of education where schools were widely

available to the villages of their origin. This encouraged enrollment of more students to

classes which in turn increased the literacy level. Whereas these initiatives were noble, the

community's lack of access to economic resources meant that most of its inhabitants would

eventually immigrate to Europe to seek better fortunes. This migration fuels the proliferation

of the village associations as the cycle goes on from one generation to another.

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Surname 1 Name Instructor Course Date Charity and social-help: Migrants Social networks and healthcare in the homeland. The author's main purpose of the article is to examine the role of migrant village associations played in the delivery of healthcare in their villages of origin. The writer contextualizes his study in the global village where neo-liberal ideas are being adopted by the government resulting in the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor. The author uses two case studies to try and test his hypothesis. He sets the stage in the first section of his article by examining the adoption of the Haalpulaar immigrant association in Senegal in the period following the adoption of the structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and 90’s. The second part of his article examines two cases of concrete Haalpulaar immigrant engagement with their home villages. It’s the author's considered position that the structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and ’90s especially in Senegal caused untold devastation to the urban and rural populations. The farmers in the Senegal River valley were left almost wholly dependent on the migrant dollar which was the remission of dolla ...
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