Kareena Thing is ten years old. She is studying at Shree Jana Jagriti Secondary School in fifth grade and lives in the Makawanpur District. She is a very charismatic child, bright and with a contagious smile, but her family has been through very difficult times. Her father, Ram Krishna, has not been in contact for years now. In...

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This is Chet Prasad Jhedi. He is a sixteen-year-old Nepali student at Shree Sikshya Bodhani Secondary School. He is now in eighth grade and lives in Nawalparasi district. He lost his father, Ran Bahadur, a migrant worker in Saudi Arabia. Chet’s father left in 2009 to search for better financial opportunities and found a job as a labourer,...

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Lokendra Tamang is a 13-year-old boy, living together with his mother Laxmi in Manthali, Nepal. He has big dreams for his future; he wants to open his own business one day.  But life hasn’t always been easy for him. At his young age, Lokendra is facing many challenges that prevent him from doing what kids his age usually...

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As the recent diplomatic crisis in Qatar unfolds, Nepal has seen a drop in the number of labour permit applications for that country, with the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) reporting a 42 percent decline in June/July compared to April/May. As a result of the transport blockade imposed by neighboring countries, food shortage has become the most critical...

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Growing up not having your father around is probably one of the most difficult situations in life.  And not knowing where he is and what happened to him will haunt you. Rupa Giri, a 14-year-old girl from Nepal is dealing with this situation. Her entire life changed, once her father decided to go abroad for foreign employment. The...

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