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)

Kidney disease victimizes 2,500-3,000 people a year in Nepal. Since complete treatment for kidney disease is not yet available in Nepal people are forced to seek treatment in other countries, which is expensive for most Nepalese. Ani Choying Dolma knows the challenges people face here from the lack of complete treatment,
as her own mother passed away due to the lack of proper treatment in Nepal.

The goal of Red Tara Travels & Tours is to introduce Buddhist sites to visitors and to give a personal touch to the tourism industry in Nepal.  This new tour compay will be operated solely by the nuns. We believe that these nuns will be able to guide tourists with first-hand experience to various religious and cultural sites, and to give a warm, friendly touch to the type of tourism we plan to promote.  This new business will also generate funds towards NWF, as we try to work towards self-sustainability and furthering our cause.

We are looking for a volunteer who can teach and guide us technically to make this project successful and fruitful.

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