Canukexpat, as I said before, there are very few in Nepal who keep maid in their house. What you are talking about is child labour which is definitely an issue there and the sole cause is poverty. No, not all Nepalese are poor but to keep housemaid is just not a way of life there.
About, the statement "expatriates feel so strong about being "bought" by money what are we doing here in the first place?:....I completely disagree. No we are not here being bought by money. We are working here and thus getting paid for it. It is not same as slavery, is it? But this is not the issue we are discussing here. That is completely different issue.
We are discussing "ABUSE OF MAIDS" here not the internal issues of Nepal.