AT a training centre in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, Rahul Pariyar carefully hooks his harness to a rope, learning the basic skills he will need for painting walls, cleaning high rises and other construction work in the United Arab Emirates.
“I am not happy to leave my family and go for work in a foreign country. But what to do?” said the 21-year-old in a yellow hard hat, explaining how wages in Dubai are about four times that of Nepal.
