ACHHAM, May 6 -- Kokila BK, 12, of Mangalsen Municipality-7, has been living at her sister's home for the past five years. Her sister brought Kokila to her home after their mother married another man following the death of their father.

She wakes up early in the morning and goes to the market to sell milk. She also has to look after the cattle and collect firewood for the family. "I also want to go to school like my friends. But I have to work in other people's home to meet my needs. I cannot study even if I want to," she said.

Her friends ask her to join them at school but Kokila doesn't know what needs to be done to get enrolled in a school. "I want to study and become a doctor. But no one has asked me to go to school formally," she s...