A migrant woman’s life of hope and despair

Asha Pariyar, a Nepali migrant worker in Kuwait, faced an uncertain future when she fell into a coma. Supported by the Amritsar Social Organization she is currently recovering in Kathmandu while her family yearns for her to return home.

Fourty-year-old Asha Pariyar from Bharatpur Metropolitan City-19, Rampur Chitwan, prefers the outdoors. Upon waking up, she taps the walls, hoping someone passing by will notice and take her outside. Unable to walk on her own, she has to be helped by four individuals to take her to the balcony in a wheelchair.