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.
For this reason, she wants to establish a kidney hospital in Nepal in 2009, where quality dialysis, and kidney transplants can be offered at affordable cost. To help reach this goal, Ani Choying Drolma donated Rs. 10,000,000 ($140,845) in 2010 which she raised form selling CDs and her autobiography for a HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) Lab as her first step towards building the Kidney Hospital. Raising funds for this project has been under way for the past two years. To make this Kidney Hospital Project dream come true. Ani Choying Drolma has been working with Dr. Pukar Shrestha,a Kidney transplant surgeon who came back from the UK to develop kidney services in the country. He gave up his permanent job to serve people from Nepal.
They have established a foundation called Arogya Foundation with very well-known and active Doctors, Actors and many other well known personalities of Nepal as members. This foundation is actively working towards the establishment of the Kidney Hospital Project. In additional NWF also made donation of Rs. 1.9 millions ($30,000) to the National Kidney Center which is separate organization, to assist in availing such service to the poor and needy patients.