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Reports
on Nepal's Civil War
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May
2006
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on malnutrition and the conflict |
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Goma Shrestha, providing for her children's daily needs is more than a
challenge; it's impossible. Despite the fact that her one-year old son's
normal body weight should be 10 kg, Babu Shristha, weighs just eight kg,
leaving this impoverished mother-of-four in a quandary over what to do.
Arriving
in the capital Kathmandu from Sinduphalchok district 200 km away, one of
the worst affected areas of the decade-old Maoist insurgency against the
state, she now lives along the polluted banks of the capital's Bishnumati
River, where she cleans houses and alongside her porter husband, earns
a combined income of just US $50 a month.
"Life
is very difficult for us," the 35-year-old domestic helper said. "I would
like to do more, but I can't."
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