Saturday 26 April 2008

Immigrants Sending Food Home

By SARAH GARLAND
Staff Reporter of the Sun
April 25, 2008

A world food supply crisis is leading some African immigrants in the city to send packages of food to family members back home facing rising food prices and empty shelves at the market.

Immigrants from Mali and Senegal in particular have found boxes of rice, sugar, and tomato paste are more appreciated than cash among relatives in their home countries, where the weak dollar now buys less and shortages have drive. [Read more]

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