One of 170 street dogs rescued by Eva Ruppel naps on her dining room table inside her rural compound near Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause.