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CLEAN FUTURES
In pursuit of happiness
Sagarika (15 years old, name changed) lives with her parents and a younger brother in the Sunsari district of Nepal. She goes to class 8 at Shree Kabir Secondary School in Itahari. Her mother works as a corn seller (a street vendor) and her father used to work as a rickshaw puller. However, her father has started abusing alcohol
and doesn’t contribute to the household earnings anymore. Her mother barely manages to feed the family with her minimal income.