Sumitra Majhi
Sumitra belongs to the indigenous Majhi community and comes from Sindhupalchowk district, Bagmati Province.
As a young girl with low vision, Sumitra faced beatings and chose not to go to school again. Her early dropout reflects gaps in inclusive education and the emotional toll of an unsupportive institutional environment.
“My daily life revolves around helping my mother with household chores. I only studied up to the third grade. I stopped due to my vision loss — not because my family pressured me, but because of my condition. My teachers didn’t understand my situation. They used to beat me for not studying properly.”
„I was asleep when the landslide occurred—it was sudden, the first time one had occurred here after three days of rain. The water entered our house at night. I didn’t know until my sister-in-law woke me up. We ran. Though the rain seemed normal, the upstream landslide had blocked the river’s flow. As a result, the mud and water got diverted, hitting our house and causing damages.”