About

Rurapuk project coordinator – Didi Ananda Muktivrata (Kristine Richards from Blair Nebraska) is a yogic nun with Ananda Marga - a non-political, non-governmental organization founded in India. Didis (which literally means Sister) are women who act as social workers, teachers, principals, doctors, and mothers to people in need in impoverished communities around the globe. Didi, a member of Ananda Marga since 1976, came to Peru in 2000, with a view to teach people meditation and organize and supervise social service projects. She runs a Neohumanist pre-school in Los Cedros, a middle class suburb in Lima, Peru. Before joining Ananda Marga, Didi worked as a nurse in the US.