Young Nepali boys wait for work as porters in Nainital, India. Many people travel from the Far-and Mid-Western regions of Nepal to work as porters.
Photo by: Prakash Bikram Shah
Workers collecting sand from Bagmati River, at Sankhamul in Kathmandu
Photo by: Bijay Gajmer
Women workers dusting the road before laying bitumen for Otta Seal surfacing in Rauja, Mahottari.
Photo by: Nilima Rai
Nepali laborers constructing a business complex in Samakhusi Kathmandu during the lockdown.
Photo by: Jeevan Baniya
Workers spending energy after work and train in the self funded gym hall (Qatar 2010).
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Nepali workers in a coal mine in India (2013)
Photo by: Rashmi Upadhayay
'We book plane tickets to Saudi, Qatar, Malaysia, Dubai and Kuwait. We also confirm (ok) them.' - A banner in front of a retail shop in Sinoorjoda VDC, Janakpur
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Prospective migrant workers stand in queue to apply for the Korean Language Test in Kathmandu (May, 2011)
Photo by: CESLAM
A local woman labourer picking outsize pebbles at a road construction site in Matihani, Mahottari.
Photo by: Nilima Rai
Nepali Christian migrant workers in Kuwait
Photo by: Kesang Tseten
Send your hard-earned money to your family through a trustable medium. Calendar printed by IME shows two Nepali celebrities
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Internal migrant workers sand-sealing the road, the final step of the Otta Seal surface treatment process, at a road construction site in Tanahun.
Photo by: Arjun Kharel
Cost of migration
Photo by: Taken from FEPB website
Living with stars (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Industries and workers' dwelling places in one of Qatar industrial area (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Migrant workers from Jajarkot, Salyan, Kalikot and Baitadi districts constructing gabion walls at a road construction site in Myanglung, Terhathum.
Photo by: Nilima Rai
'We book plane tickets to Saudi, Qatar, Malaysia, Dubai and Kuwait. We also confirm (ok) them.' - A banner in front of a retail shop in Sinoorjoda VDC, Janakpur
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Contrasting shopping spaces- Villaggio shopping mall (left), Al Attya Industrial Area (right) (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Young men quickly learn how to supplement the mess food often viewed as tasteless (Qatar 2010).
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
A Nepali tailor found a place to work for his numerous country-fellows porters (Mussoorie, India, 2003)
Photo by: Tristan Brusle
A peek at a workplace in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Photo by: Santosh Tumbahangphe
Worker blowing the dust/sand off the road with compressed air at a construction site in Tanahu before the binder is sprayed.
Photo by: Arjun Kharel
Office of Safe Migration Information Center
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Labor camp area facilities are minimal (Qatar, 2010).
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Hard at work - A Nepali worker in a coal mine in India (2013)
Photo by: Rashmi Upadhayay
Many Nepali workers can be found working at tea estates in Assam, India.
Photo by: Nitu Sarmah
Collectively bought items in a migrants' room (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Migrant workers in a gated community are the link between the city's spaces (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Nepali Migrant Workers in Taklakot, Tibet.
Photo by: Mohan Mainali
A Nepali worker on night duty in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Photo by: Santosh Tumbahangphe
A house in Sinoorjoda, Janakpur, with Qatari-inspired architectural design.
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Migrants use the computer and internet to keep in touch with family and friends and watch latest serial comedies (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Migrant workers return to the western hills of Nepal from India. This photo was taken in Bajura.
Photo by: Mohan Mainali
Many Nepali workers can be found working at tea estates in Assam, India.
Photo by: Nitu Sarmah
A typical labor camp (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Migrant workers return to the western hills of Nepal from India. This photo was taken in Bajura.
Photo by: Mohan Mainali
An official at the Siraha branch of the Red Cross Society helps prospective migrants fill out passport application forms for a nominal fee. This arrangement was sanctioned by the Chief District Officer as a source of funds for the Red Cross.
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Deura, Bajhang district: Group of Nepali migrants coming back from Bangalore sort out their luggage after deboarding the overnight bus.
Photo by: Deepak Thapa
A small food outlet run by Baitadis chetris for all far-westerners working in Pithoragarh. (Pithoragarh, India, 2002)
Photo by: Tristan Brusle
Migrant returnee from Malaysia going home with his wife and son after four years.
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
A local fishing in the Koshi river of Barahchhetra, Sunsari
Photo by: Bijay Gajmer
Orientation training to women migrant workers
Photo by: Pourakhi
Migrants waiting at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
Photo by: Shiva Bisangkhe
People carrying winnowing trays to sell at Barahchhetra, Sunsari.
Photo by: Bijay Gajmer
Nepali female migrant worker in Kuwait.
Photo by: Kesang Tseten
A woman porter trudges the Everest trail near base camp with provisions for climbers headed for the summit.
Photo by: Bijay Gajmer
Nepali female migrant workers pray at a church in Kuwait
Photo by: Kesang Tseten
Workers from Mahottari and Rautahat districts laying bitumen at a road construction site in Matihani, Mahottari.
Photo by: Nilima Rai
The rise of information technology has better connected the migrants with their families back home.
Photo by: Jeevan Raj Sharma
An official at the Siraha branch of the Red Cross Society helps prospective migrants fill out passport application forms for a nominal fee. This arrangement was sanctioned by the Chief District Officer as a source of funds for the Red Cross.
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Migrant workers at leisure outside their residential camp in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Photo by: Santosh Tumbahangphe
A house in Sinoorjoda, Janakpur, with Qatari-inspired architectural design.
Young Nepali boys wait for work as porters in Nainital, India. Many people travel from the Far-and Mid-Western regions of Nepal to work as porters.
Workers collecting sand from Bagmati River, at Sankhamul in Kathmandu
Women workers dusting the road before laying bitumen for Otta Seal surfacing in Rauja, Mahottari.
Nepali laborers constructing a business complex in Samakhusi Kathmandu during the lockdown.
Workers spending energy after work and train in the self funded gym hall (Qatar 2010).
Nepali workers in a coal mine in India (2013)
'We book plane tickets to Saudi, Qatar, Malaysia, Dubai and Kuwait. We also confirm (ok) them.' - A banner in front of a retail shop in Sinoorjoda VDC, Janakpur
Prospective migrant workers stand in queue to apply for the Korean Language Test in Kathmandu (May, 2011)
A local woman labourer picking outsize pebbles at a road construction site in Matihani, Mahottari.
Nepali Christian migrant workers in Kuwait
Send your hard-earned money to your family through a trustable medium. Calendar printed by IME shows two Nepali celebrities
Internal migrant workers sand-sealing the road, the final step of the Otta Seal surface treatment process, at a road construction site in Tanahun.
Cost of migration
Living with stars (Qatar, 2010)
Industries and workers' dwelling places in one of Qatar industrial area (Qatar, 2010)
Migrant workers from Jajarkot, Salyan, Kalikot and Baitadi districts constructing gabion walls at a road construction site in Myanglung, Terhathum.
'We book plane tickets to Saudi, Qatar, Malaysia, Dubai and Kuwait. We also confirm (ok) them.' - A banner in front of a retail shop in Sinoorjoda VDC, Janakpur
Contrasting shopping spaces- Villaggio shopping mall (left), Al Attya Industrial Area (right) (Qatar, 2010)
Young men quickly learn how to supplement the mess food often viewed as tasteless (Qatar 2010).
A Nepali tailor found a place to work for his numerous country-fellows porters (Mussoorie, India, 2003)
A peek at a workplace in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Worker blowing the dust/sand off the road with compressed air at a construction site in Tanahu before the binder is sprayed.
Office of Safe Migration Information Center
Labor camp area facilities are minimal (Qatar, 2010).
Hard at work - A Nepali worker in a coal mine in India (2013)
Many Nepali workers can be found working at tea estates in Assam, India.
Collectively bought items in a migrants' room (Qatar, 2010)
Migrant workers in a gated community are the link between the city's spaces (Qatar, 2010)
Nepali Migrant Workers in Taklakot, Tibet.
A Nepali worker on night duty in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
A house in Sinoorjoda, Janakpur, with Qatari-inspired architectural design.
Migrants use the computer and internet to keep in touch with family and friends and watch latest serial comedies (Qatar, 2010)
Migrant workers return to the western hills of Nepal from India. This photo was taken in Bajura.
Many Nepali workers can be found working at tea estates in Assam, India.
A typical labor camp (Qatar, 2010)
Migrant workers return to the western hills of Nepal from India. This photo was taken in Bajura.
An official at the Siraha branch of the Red Cross Society helps prospective migrants fill out passport application forms for a nominal fee. This arrangement was sanctioned by the Chief District Officer as a source of funds for the Red Cross.
Deura, Bajhang district: Group of Nepali migrants coming back from Bangalore sort out their luggage after deboarding the overnight bus.
A small food outlet run by Baitadis chetris for all far-westerners working in Pithoragarh. (Pithoragarh, India, 2002)
Migrant returnee from Malaysia going home with his wife and son after four years.
A local fishing in the Koshi river of Barahchhetra, Sunsari
Orientation training to women migrant workers
Migrants waiting at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
People carrying winnowing trays to sell at Barahchhetra, Sunsari.
Nepali female migrant worker in Kuwait.
A woman porter trudges the Everest trail near base camp with provisions for climbers headed for the summit.
Nepali female migrant workers pray at a church in Kuwait
Workers from Mahottari and Rautahat districts laying bitumen at a road construction site in Matihani, Mahottari.
The rise of information technology has better connected the migrants with their families back home.
An official at the Siraha branch of the Red Cross Society helps prospective migrants fill out passport application forms for a nominal fee. This arrangement was sanctioned by the Chief District Officer as a source of funds for the Red Cross.
Migrant workers at leisure outside their residential camp in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
A house in Sinoorjoda, Janakpur, with Qatari-inspired architectural design.
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