World Cup Workers' Families Left Behind in Nepal

The widow and the sister of Bir Bahadur Pasman cry when asked about the days they spent together before he left for Qatar. His family was told that the 26-year-old hanged himself in Doha, but they do not believe it, in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, Augu

Relatives and neighbors come to support the family of Bir Bahadur Pasman, who went to Qatar to work in construction and allegedly hanged himself. Pictured in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Aslan Devi Yadav, 41, wakes up every morning before sunrise to milk her buffalo in the countryside of the Dhanusha district in Nepal. After her husband died while working in Qatar, she has to support four children by herself, August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Aslan Devi Yadav, 41, prepares lunch for her four kids. With little money, the family eats mostly rice and some vegetables in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Aslan Devi Yadav, 41, shows a picture of her wedding day. Her husband, Muneshwar Yadav, worked on a construction site in Qatar and died a few months ago, pictured in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Sukhi Mukhiya, 52, says her son, Jit Narayan, 30, was promised work as a painter, but, in the end, worked and died as a bricklayer under the strong Qatar sun. "He died of exhaustion," she said in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VO

One of the poorest countries in South Asia, jobs are scarce in Nepal’s Dhanusha district, August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Urmila Sah cries when she speaks about her husband, Ram Narayan Sah Baniya, who died in Qatar just a few months ago, pictured in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)

The sons of Urmila Sah watch TV in the house her late husband built with the money he made working in Qatar before he died, pictured in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Ramesh Davi, 24, is the nephew of Ram Narayan Sah Baniya, who died a few months ago in Qatar. Ramesh is now preparing to leave the football team he plays for in Nepal to work at a construction site in Qatar, pictured in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, Aug

A woman cuts the grass to feed her buffalo. More than half of the families in Nepal rely on remittances from workers abroad for income, pictured in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Children in a rural school in the in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022. Roughly 30% of Nepalese over 15 years old cannot read. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

A young boy whose father died in Qatar plays hide and seek in a village in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

The body of an old man is prepared for cremation in Kathmandu, Nepal. Doctors say the international airport receives the bodies of Nepalese workers from overseas on a daily basis in August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Migrant workers preparing to board a plane to go to Qatar for work, in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)