30 years of Rokpa: media personalities present theater performances
For 30 years, the Rokpa Association has been working to help the poorest of the poor. To mark its anniversary, the charity is presenting a play that will be performed in various Swiss cities. The performances will be hosted by media personalities such as Sandra Studer, Reto Brennwald, and Christine Maier.
The Rokpa association (which means "help" in Tibetan) was founded in 1980 by the former Zurich theater actress Lea Wyler, her father Dr. Veit Wyler and the Tibetan doctor and lama Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche. Today, hundreds of volunteers work for the numerous aid projects in eighteen countries. Every year, the Zurich-based aid organization provides medical care, family protection and education to over 10,000 orphans and street children. In the priority countries of Nepal, Tibet, Zimbabwe and South Africa, Rokpa provides concrete help and prospects for more than 100,000 people living in abject poverty every year.
Lea Wyler, the tireless "Mother Courage of Ropka", has prepared something special for the 30th anniversary of her aid organization. Together with a group of former street children from Kathmandu and with the support of Polish star director Grzegorz Bral, she has created an impressive play. The children tell their own moving story in a touching way, accompanied by the music of world-famous harpist Andreas Vollenweider. Alongside presenter Sandra Studer, Bral and Vollenweider have both been active ambassadors for the aid organization for many years. Recently
Hollywood director Marc Forster comments.
The evenings are presented by well-known Swiss media personalities:
May 18 Zurich (Premiere) Kaufleuten Moderation: Sandra Studer
May 19 Lucerne Casino Moderation: Andreas Vollenweider
May 20 Bern Aula des Progr Moderation: Claudia Weber (t.b.c.)
May 22 Zug Chollerhalle Moderation: Röbi Koller
May 25 Basel Elisabethenkirche Moderation: Reto Brennwald
May 26 Schaffhausen Kammgarn Moderation: Daniela Lager
May 27 Winterthur Alte Kaserne Moderation: Christine Maier
Lea Wyler, the tireless "Mother Courage of Ropka", has prepared something special for the 30th anniversary of her aid organization. Together with a group of former street children from Kathmandu and with the support of Polish star director Grzegorz Bral, she has created an impressive play. The children tell their own moving story in a touching way, accompanied by the music of world-famous harpist Andreas Vollenweider. Alongside presenter Sandra Studer, Bral and Vollenweider have both been active ambassadors for the aid organization for many years. Recently
Hollywood director Marc Forster comments.
The evenings are presented by well-known Swiss media personalities:
May 18 Zurich (Premiere) Kaufleuten Moderation: Sandra Studer
May 19 Lucerne Casino Moderation: Andreas Vollenweider
May 20 Bern Aula des Progr Moderation: Claudia Weber (t.b.c.)
May 22 Zug Chollerhalle Moderation: Röbi Koller
May 25 Basel Elisabethenkirche Moderation: Reto Brennwald
May 26 Schaffhausen Kammgarn Moderation: Daniela Lager
May 27 Winterthur Alte Kaserne Moderation: Christine Maier
