'You cannot pour from an empty cup.' Immigrants sending money back home face financial and emotional stress

Open this photo in gallery: Aronke Emmanuel, co-lead of non-profit Nigerian Mums in Ontario, says women sending money back home need to be sure they support themselves first.Alicia Wynter/The Globe and Mail When Eliz Maiboroda came to Canada, she was already used to living far from home. The Ukraine-born marketing executive started her career helping Ukrainian businesses establish trade relationships with China, travelling around Asia, Europe and North America in the process. She was living in Prague, just about to expand her business across central Europe, when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. "I could let the pain consume me completely,…