Kidney trafficking, although illegal, is thriving internationally more than ever. People are lured, deceived and tricked in a daily basis to donate their kidneys in exchange for money. Such has been the story of one of the remote villages in Kavre, named Hokshe.

Although, traditionally known for its holy temples, Hokshe, in recent years has been more infamously known as “bank of kidneys” for an apparent reason. Many men in Hokshe have been the victims of the kidney trafficking and live with scars on their abdomen - a mark left by the kidney extraction surgery. Most of them feel that they were taken advantage of their poverty and illiteracy. They were offered money in exchange of their kidney, and they were taken to hospitals in India for kidney transplant. A lot of these men are now suffering from the post-surgery complications - both physically and psychologically. They regret their decision to donate kidney, whether taken knowingly or unknowingly at that time, but now they have no other choice than to live with one less kidney.