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February 2018

Author DORJE DOLMA on Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal

February 15, 2018 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Carroll Center for the Blind, 770 Centre Street
Newton, MA 02458 United States
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Please join the Carroll Center as they welcome author DORJE DOLMA as she talks about her new book Yak Girl: Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal. DORJE DOLMA was born in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal, high in the mountains bordering Tibet. She was the oldest of eleven children, only six of whom survived the harsh conditions of their lives. Dolpo had no running water, electricity, motor vehicles, phones, school, or doctors, other than the local lamas,…

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