Introduction
She grew up in a community that Nepal doesn’t count. Below all 126 castes. Girls in her village had no access to education, healthcare, or transport. From the age of 11, they were sold.
Hannah Badi was nearly trafficked at 9 years old. She escaped at midnight with 32 girls and a stone in her hand. She went on to rescue 682 children. Her sister is now a minister of Nepal.
This is one of the most powerful conversations Spencer has ever had.
Show Notes
00:00 Introduction
01:13 Hannah’s childhood in far west Nepal
02:52 No food, no water, no school: what survival looked like
05:00 How the Badi community made money: selling daughters
08:03 What the Badi community is not allowed to do
10:18 There is no age: when girls are sold
14:15 A baby bought before she was born
16:36 Price tags on girls: Hannah’s personal story
22:50 She collapsed. Her father took her to hospital for the first time.
25:25 What the doctor did
27:51 Her father’s instruction: say nothing
28:14 The moment she realised it was wrong
28:31 Uncle Raju arrives in the village
29:48 Nobody believed him
31:20 The midnight gathering in the jungle
32:37 32 girls, one bus, a stone in her hand
33:41 Arriving in Kathmandu for the first time
38:50 Seeing a toilet for the first time
43:17 How long it took to change their mindset
44:41 At 13: her first rescue
46:11 682 children rescued
46:50 From that first group: doctors, bankers, a minister
47:18 Hannah’s sister is now a minister of Nepal
51:06 Spencer’s visit to Nepal and the documentary
52:00 Meeting the president of Nepal
53:54 The caste system: where the Badi sit within it
56:36 Below all 126 castes: not even counted
58:43 Hannah’s message to the world
