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 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)
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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
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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)
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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)
