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Kamaiya in Nepal

According to a free health-checkup performed in Kamaiya Camps in Jhalari & Shovatal of Kailali district and Manohara & Geta of Kanchanpur districts, ninety percent of the children are suffering malnutrition, eighty percent of the women are suffering anemia and the problem of chest-pain & back-pain is found in most of the males.

International Nepal Fellowship conducted the above health-checkup program in 6 Kamaiya Camps of Kanchanpur and Kailali districts which was organized by Sukumbasi Utthan Samaj, Compassion Ministry Network and NLR Dhanghadi.

The group of 10 people guided by Ellen Findlay, consisting of Dr David Hil, Mrs Mary Hill, David Cope, Dr. Betty Coutanceau and Dr Janet Clingking Bista conducted the health-checkup program in Manahara and Geta for 2 days and in Shovatal for 2 days. More than three thousand Kamaiyas we...

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