Under the umbrella of Nuns’ Welfare Foundation and in cooperation with Prison Assistance Nepal (PAN) the social activist and singer Ani Choying Drolma donated 25.000NRS in order to pay for the bail amount of four (4) imprisoned women from the Kathmandu jail. 

Three of the four women had to face the poor and appalling prison environment because they were unable to pay the fine of 5000 NRS/person for false documents. They had been issued with falsified travel documents by some agents who are the real perpetrators in these cases. The women wanted to escape from their deprived living circumstances and looked for job opportunities abroad in order to support their children and families in Nepal. In spite of commencement with the new job in a foreign country they had been caught by custom officers and were send to prison in Kathmandu as they had no money to pay the sentence bail ordered by the immigration office.

Thanka Painting

Our Thanka Painting School was established in the year 2007 with the support of Kinderhilfe Nepal, NRNA (Non-Resident Nepalese Association), and Edda Wolfe.

All the nuns have the opportunity to learn this important and ancient art form.  Thanka Painting art form is usually encourages to be learnt by the boys or monks but Ani Choying Drolma believes that nuns or girls are also capable of learning this art form.

Mr. Temba Chomphel leads the school as head Thanka Painter.  He is highly skilled and talented teacher of this traditional Tibetan art form.  With the skills and guidance, the nuns at Arya Tara have been keenly progressing at their painting skills. (Class run for two hours every Monday to Friday)