via New York Daily News
Remittance Pittance for Ecuadoreans
Ecuadorean immigrants in Queens are sending less money home amid the economic downturn. Some have been forced to ask relatives in Ecuador to wire them cash.
Tag: New York City
CD1: Family Among Strangers
Cafe owner Yoko Kubo has lived in Tokyo and Manhattan. But Greenpoint is where the Japanese immigrant feels at home, thanks to friends helping her through a personal tragedy.
CD 2: A Shebeen in Fort Greene
Madiba restaurant in Fort Green has been a cultural center for South Africans in the city for the last decade.
CD 3: Caribbeans Say ‘Count Us in’
There's a movement, born in Brooklyn, to add a Caribbean-American ethnicity option to the Census forms.
CD 4: Free Tuition – With a Catch
A businessman has pledged $2 million to open a tuition-free parochial school in a Bushwick parish that serves many immigrant families. The students and their families must be practicing Catholics.
CD 5: Judo Offers Life Lessons
The award-winning Starrett Judo Club, run by a former Haitian Olympian, mirrors the diversity of Starrett City.
CD 6: Kicking Back With Soccer
European expatriates in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook bond over soccer on the field – and in local hangouts, like the British-themed Chip Shop.
CD 7: Praising the Lord – in Mandarin
The Tian Fu congregation, which shares a Sunset Park church with two Latino parishes, attracts immigrants from China's Fujian Province.