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"Today, I work as a marketing person for a finance company, convincing people to open accounts. I have passed my SLC last year. Father drives a cab but due to his drinking he has become very weak and...

"10 years ago, my mother left my alcoholic father. She took us with her. I remember that day when we arrived at our our aunt's house where a man was waiting. I was only 10 years old. But I remember....

I feel the dire need to reach out to more families directly affected by the earthquake. We have provided relief to over 200 families mainly food and tarps during the first week the earthquake struck,...

"I come from a fishing community. Almost everyone in a fisherman. A few my age live today, but I am the only one who still goes fishing. This is what I did all my life. This is all I know and this is...

"When I was small, I remember this little boy pelt stones at my father. And I remember my father running after him, bare feet, shouting angry words while the boy ran away with his friends laughing in...

"This is the second time we have become homeless. The first time was when that landslide came. You wouldn't know about that. I don't know if they showed that one on TV. Last time I watched TV, it was...

Happy to see Stories of Nepal feature spread in the Nepali Times. I would also like to express my gratitude for all the support you have lent to the Stories of Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund. Through...

"As I ran, the house fell behind me burying half my body. As I was slowly losing consciousness, I saw myself, but a younger myself, maybe 13 or 14 years old. I was in the tomato fields, while mother...

"I was dancing but I fell. I got up and started dancing but I fell again. But I got up again and completed the dance routine. Everyone clapped and I got the second prize. And mother kissed me all...

"No one comes to fight anymore." (Gaikhura, Ramechaap)

"I tried to escape but would be caught and punished. I think it was during the third year, a Nepali man came. In private I asked him, 'Dai, do you know Hetauda? Can you please take my letter to my...

“I would scream and shout but no one came. Days went by, I never stopped fighting, screaming and shouting. I would not eat for days, what they offered. The rule for all the girls there, was to put on...

"Situation was really bleak at home. Mother would brew alcohol to send us to school but eventually that also stopped. It was when I took the animals for pasture. A nice man in shirt and pant would...

"At 14, tired of seeing the suffering at home, I ran away to Kathmandu and found work at a garment factory. Life was no better. We were treated like slaves and even beaten. Somehow, I escaped from...

No one thought I would pass the SLC exams. One of my teacher suggested, “Run away, or if you fail they will kill you at home”. But you know a villager runs away from home to become a conductor or a...

"I remember, I had lost my job and I remember this one day, even after breaking the piggy bank we ran short of 40 rupees to buy powder milk for our little daughter and I remember in despair, I and my...