Thousands of migrant workers died building World Cup and related structures ahead of the 2022 Qatar games and VOA photojournalist Yan Boechat visits with families of the fallen in Nepal. For more on these families, watch VOA’s documentary, "Cause of Death: Migrant Workers and the 2022 Qatar World Cup."
World Cup Workers' Families Left Behind in Nepal
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
