Sumila joined Kidasha’s Learning for Life project and received initial funding to start her business, 30% as a grant and 70% as a loan. She built a small sty on some land at the back of her home and began raising pigs.
Sandesh was left without parental care after his mother died and his father grappled with alcoholism. He joined a street gang to survive where he suffered abuse from older children and took to stealing. After a long struggle, things got better when he met Sunita, a Kidasha outreach worker.
When Ishama was 12 years old her mum was forced to go abroad to earn money and left her with her Auntie. She had to work in her hotel and she missed her mum terribly. One evening a man sexually abused her. She was afraid but had nowhere to go. She thought it would never end.
Arun was born in a small village in Nepal and was abandoned by his mother when he was just three months old. One day, when he was 11 years old, he took a bus journey alone and ended up in a city he didn’t recognise: Pokhara. Scared and alone, Arun desperately tried to remember the name of his hometown.
At just 11 years old, Bijay’s life was filled with hardship and uncertainty. With the loss of his mother and the absence of his father, he found himself surviving on the streets of Pokhara, resorting to begging, scrap recycling, and even petty crime to satisfy his hunger.
At age 10 Eesha’s mother, widowed by the earthquake, sent her to Pokhara with a man who promised her that Eesha would earn money for the family and receive an education. Unfortunately, he did not fulfill his promise.
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