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title: "Neema"
description: "\"Our house in the village was warmer. Now we live in a tent.\""
url: "https://www.nrc.no/more-than-a-number-home/neema"
language: "en"
published: "2016-07-13T06:00:00Z"
modified: "2016-07-13T06:18:29Z"
---

# Neema

Published 13. Jul 2016

[More than a number](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=312)

This article was first published more than 10 years ago

"Our house in the village was warmer. Now we live in a tent."

"We manage to get by wearing warm clothes and I stay warm by playing with the other children in the camp. It's our habit in Nepal to stand the cold."

*Neema (16) is #MoreThanANumber (Location: Sindupalchowk, Nepal)*

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