Home in Every Transfer
The Human Stories Behind Migrant Remittances
“That monthly transfer wasn’t just a transaction. It was heart medication,
school tuition, and the silent answer to a promise made across oceans.”
Why This Book Matters
Despite sending over $300 billion annually, many migrant workers and their families remain financially excluded. This book dives into what happens after the money arrives, and what more it could do with the right tools, trust, and access.
The Hidden Impact
Beyond the statistics lies a complex web of family dynamics, community development, and personal sacrifice that traditional research often misses.
Untapped Potential
With better financial tools and inclusion, remittances could transform not just individual families but entire communities and economies.
Human Stories
Real stories from Vietnamese migrant families, revealing the emotional costs and hopes behind each transfer.
Global Impact
Understanding how remittances shape communities and what tools could unlock their full potential.
Research & Heart
Blending development research with personal interviews to tell both statistical and deeply human stories.
About the Book
Discover the human stories behind the world’s largest financial flow
Stories of Love and Sacrifice
Every year, migrant workers around the world send billions of dollars home, money that becomes lifelines for their families. But behind each transfer is a deeper story.
Home in Every Transfer explores the untold human stories behind labour migration and remittances, with a focus on Vietnam. Based on field interviews, personal reflections, and development research, the book shows how remittances are not just economic tools. They are acts of love and sacrifice.
From families struggling with debt, to those investing in their children’s futures, this book reveals how money moves through lives and what it costs – emotionally and financially – to build better futures across borders.
Who This Book Is For
General Readers
Anyone curious about labour migration, human stories, and global interconnectedness
Development Professionals
Researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in migration and financial inclusion
Innovators
Entrepreneurs and technologists working on financial solutions for underserved communities
About The Author & UPCorp Global
Hong Dao Wind is the founder of UPCorp Global, a social venture dedicated to improving the financial literacy and security of labour migrants. After working in finance and researching economic development, she launched UPCorp to develop resources and build digital tools that help labour migrants and their families make better money decisions, manage remittances, and build stability.
This book is part of that mission.
Proceeds from this book support UPCorp Global’s programs to develop practical, inclusive resources, programs and tools that empower migrant workers and their families.
Support the Work
Help us amplify migrant workers’ voices and develop resources, build tools for financial empowerment
Your Support Creates Real Impact
Every book purchased, every story shared, and every donation directly supports UPCorp Global’s mission to develop educational resources for migrant workers and their families.
Proceeds from this book go directly to our impact work.
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