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Sermathang is a Buddhist Sherpa village in the foothills of the Nepal Himalaya. It lies directly north of Kathmandu and is reached by a 6-hour bus ride and 8 hour trek from the capital. The village has 4 lodges and trekkers provide an income for these families from October until March but the rest are subsistence farmers and very poor. Consequently, many women leave the area to work in India or Kathmandu making carpets for a pittance and send the money they earn back to their families in the village. |  |