Kathmandu, Nov. 15 -- Lanky British magician Drummond Money-Coutts knows only one word of Nepali, "Namaste", which he learned from children at a shelter in Kathmandu. But he does not need language to communicate with these children - his tricks make them squeal and scream with delight.

The magician, who goes by his initials 'DMC', uses the power of magic as therapy and entertainment for Nepali children who have been rescued from traffickers and still suffer psychological trauma.

It looks like he has nothing in his hand. Yet when he swipes it around a child's ears, out comes a little red ball. The children are incredulous when the ball vanishes as suddenly as it appeared, and then magically reappears in the palm of another child at the oth...