from each house, there was a kamlari. there are houses where two or three girls went to work as a kamlaris. manjita chaudhary grew up in this village and was a kamlari herself. she was sold to her family's landlord at the age of seven and had to work almost eighteen hours a day for almost four years. today she devotes her life to putting an end to nepal's system of slavery >> what still hurts me is that, they never appreciated or trusted my work. they shouted at me all the time. nothing i did was good enough for them. and when they used to throw me leftovers from their plate to eat, i felt like i worked hard the entire day only to be treated like a dog. but manjita found strength through her hardships, making her determined to change not only her own fate, but that of all kamlaris. had i not suffered as much as i did, i might not have been able to lead this movement now. after i was rescued, when i used to go to school, people looked down on me and asked me what was the point of my studying.... and i would think to myself

known as kamlari, they are the daughters of indebted farmers, sold to landlords for little to