Meeting mum for the first time in 12 years
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Student reunited with mother after 12 years

Would you be able to leave your child at school knowing you would not see them again for more than a decade?

That is the stark choice facing some parents in Nepal’s most remote villages who want a better future for their children.

The story of one group of teenagers travelling to meet their parents for the first time in 12 years has been turned into the award-winning documentary, Children Of The Snow Land.

Video produced by Trystan Young

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  • 11 Apr 2019
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