id use bitcoin. buy a certain amount of coin, a full coin, or several coins. send it to your friend's or family member's public key, and then have them convert it into whatever currency they like. the only fee you'll pay is conversion from bitcoin to whatever, but it's usually less than the fees slapped in international transfers

rush-tea: have you seen https://www.dwolla.com ?

If you've seen it before, why did you choose to not use it?