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A mother’s fight for survival: Poverty, trauma, and hope in a single room

ཟླ་༩ 06, 2025 3 mins read
A mother’s fight for survival: Poverty, trauma, and hope in a single room

In a cramped one-room home in Thimphu, 39-year-old Rinchen Dema is waging a quiet battle against poverty and despair. A divorcee and survivor of domestic violence, she works as a daily wage worker (gardener), earning Nu 13,000 a month, barely enough to keep her family afloat.

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