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(Courtesy of Ani Choying Drolma)
Young girls train at the Arya Tara School in Nepal founded by Ani Choying Drolma (center).

Mar. 24, 2011

Ani Choying Drolma is a Nepali Buddhist nun, internationally renowned singer and social activist. She founded the Nuns Welfare Foundation in Nepal to support the education and welfare of Buddhist nuns. Ani has a new foundation in the U.S. and tells us why she decided to become a nun and how that decision shaped her life’s work. She also performs songs in our Jim and Kay Mabie Performance Studio. And on Global Activism, we check back with Sarah Koch, founder of Development in Gardening (DIG). The organization helps improve the nutrition of HIV-affected people by creating community gardens. They recently started a new program in Zambia.

Nepali woman finds freedom from cultural misogyny as a Buddhist nun and through song

Mar. 24, 2011
Ani Choying Drolma is a Nepali Buddhist nun, internationally renowned singer and social activist. She founded the Nuns Welfare Foundation in Nepal to support the education and welfare of Buddhist nuns. And recently Ani started a U.S. branch for her work called the Ani Foundation.

Global Activism: Urban gardens and HIV/Aids in Zambia

Mar. 24, 2011
Each Thursday we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place. Sarah Koch is the co-founder of Development in Gardening, known by its clever acronym DIG. They create urban gardens to provide nutritional foods to HIV/AIDS affected people.