The 8 year old Preeti is very charming and joyful child in her family. Like many of Nepalese students she also did not get to go school in past 8 months. Now school has just started to give live classes. With the use of masks and sanitizers they have been able to take classes now. She loves English subject in school because it has stories in it. She loves being in school to learn new things.

She is living with her parents and her brothers now. Her mother works hard with a very low earning, just to keep family going. Her father is a mechanic who works in motor cycle workshop. Despite that her parents work really hard, but what they earn hardly is enough to bring sufficient food home, and obviously not enough to have a safe shelter. They do not own any land or house in Chitwan and so are residing in the governmental land which can be taken back by government in any time. For that, the family are always worry of becoming homeless.

There are no fans, refrigerator, and no laptops, or even a TV in their living shelter. The pandemic made their life more vulnerable this year. Because of the pandemic her mother could not go for work, her father’s workshop also remained closed for many months so it made their situation more vulnerable. Just a few weeks go, the parents have started to go back to work.

School’s name: Devjyoti Basic School Number of family members: 2 (parents) and 3 children