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"A few weeks back, I had an accident. It could have been fatal. These buses from Charikot speed to kill. When I fell, I knew I was going to die. But before that could happen the faces of my children...

"Stay. He is asking for our picture."_x000D_ "No, you go ahead fulfil your wish. Not in these dirty shorts. I feel awkward." (Kewul, Gumli)

SON has the most amazing followers. The most generous. Thank you for dropping in all the stationary supplies for the children of Padma Primary School. We have collected supplies enough for a few...

May this brother and many other brothers and sisters get an opportunity to go to school and new lessons of equality, compassion, tolerance and freedom be taught, this we hope....

"Tell him about that girl."_x000D_ "Shut up."_x000D_ (Surkhet Road, Nepalgunj)

"One day I was walking back from Pashupati Temple when my heart started to become heavy. And I started feeling very sad. From nowhere, I had started crying. My tears wouldn’t stop. Like a stream,...

"From the age of seven, I worked as a bricklayer. It was almost like slavery. Never saw school. I would sweat all day and hand over all my daily wages to my father who would in turn hand it over to...

"My grandchildren get to see their fathers during festivals. They come back from India. Come Dashain, and they are the happiest lot. With their new toys and dresses. But they never leave their...

"My father worked in someone else's field because he has no land of his own. I remember every morning he would take me with him. On our way he had to stop at the landlord's house to collect the...

"Every house can produce a ton of pumpkin during a season, but there is no place for us to sell. The roads won't come here and the pumpkins just rot. I don't see any point farming anymore. Too much...

Dai, where are you coming from?_x000D_ "From the river, fishing."_x000D_ Catch any?_x000D_ "None"_x000D_ What are you going to do?_x000D_ "Go back tomorrow."_x000D_ What if you don't catch any...

"I hear they are making a new constitution. What do I know what that is? I never went to a school. Our only concern in to somehow manage the morning and the evening meal. But do come and have some...

"I always obeyed my parents. I did not know how to ask questions. I did go to school for a few years but there was a lot of work at home and many mouths to feed. So father couldn’t send me to school....

"How do I tell you my story? My father died and I became very sad. I was around him all my life, like his little shadow. And then mother passed away recently and I started seeing things. When brother...

Someone in the village told me, how a settler had planted the tree 200 years ago. Today, this majesty in Rimuwa, Gulmi is a rest stop for many. Every evening the villagers gather here and rest with...

"They used to say, 'Go to school, study well or else you will have to spend your life herding the beasts.' But I always wanted to play with the animals and swim in the pond. I never could do well in...