Ngawang Chojey Rai

JOURNEY OF A LODEN SCHOLAR

Loden Education InitiativesMay 23, 2024178Views 0Likes 0Comments

My parents are both farmers and I have two brothers and a sister. We grew up in a hard working farming family and while life was simple we did go through hardships most of which were due to financial constraints, especially to continue education. So, this helped me to realize the value of education and…

DRUK ADDING MASALA UNIT (DAMU)

Loden Entrepreneurship ProgrammeMay 23, 202498Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dagana is considered one of the poorest districts despite its richness in natural resources. I wondered how that was possible and always tried to see how I can play my part to uplift the community of Dagana. So, I have been actively trying to come up with business ideas where I can first of all get…

SAMPA LHENDUP BAKERY

Loden Entrepreneurship ProgrammeMay 23, 202488Views 0Likes 0Comments

I run a small bakery at Dechencholing in Thimphu near the army oil tank and it is the only bakery in the area so it’s doing well so far. In 2015, I got the most important support I needed to buy large oven and invest in raw materials through Loden-DHI fund. I think I was…

Traditional Dry Cheese

Loden Entrepreneurship ProgrammeMay 23, 2024105Views 0Likes 0Comments

After high school I could not pursue further studies because of financial constraints. My father is my mentor and he guided me in every possible journey of my life. He is a beneficiary of Loden and got interest and collateral free loan in 2015. Since then I worked with him to grow asparagus seedlings in…

Message from our Founder

NewsMay 23, 2024132Views 0Likes 0Comments

Time flies. It is already 25 years - a quarter of a century - since we started Loden with a seed of benevolent intention but a modest resource of £50. From a fickle sprout in 1999, Loden has today grown into a rather large tree spreading the branches of its programmes, leaves of its activities,…

Message from a Founding Member, Ashi Kunzang

NewsMay 22, 2024132Views 0Likes 0Comments

My association with Loden’s Founder Lopen Karma Phuntsho goes back a long time. I knew Lopen Karma Phuntsho as a primary school student in Bumthang when I was his teacher. Much later I reconnected with Lopen Karma Phuntsho when he was a student at Oxford. Already by then, he was helping some children in need…

LODEN SPRING CALL 2024 – FINAL RESULTS

AnnouncementsMay 13, 2024108Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Loden Foundation is pleased to announce the selected entrepreneurs for the Loden Spring Call 2024 for Business Proposals following the selection interview that was held at the Loden office from the 9th till the 10th of May 2024. Selected Candidates For the Loden Spring Call for Business Proposal NameBusiness NamePema YudenGiggles Learning Center (ECCD)Karma…

SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS FOR THE SPRING CALL FOR BUSINESS PROPOSALS 2024

AnnouncementsMay 6, 2024106Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Loden Foundation is pleased to announce the candidates shortlisted for the Loden Spring Call for Business Proposals 2024. Please note that interviews are scheduled for May 9th and 10th. The shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further information about the interview. Funding WindowName of Applicant Name of the BusinessRemarksSpring Call for Business FoundationUgyen PenjorFurniture and…

LODEN FOUNDATION YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP 2024

AnnouncementsMay 1, 2024250Views 0Likes 0Comments

Note: Please read this announcement carefully. All necessary details are mentioned here. Applicants with incomplete documents will be automatically disqualified. The Loden Foundation is pleased to announce Loden Foundation Youth Scholarships for 2024! DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: Filled out online scholarship application form A cover letter written by the student explaining how receiving the scholarship would alleviate…

The white coat dream

Loden Education InitiativesMarch 25, 2024208Views 0Likes 0Comments

Have you ever idolized a career? Ever since I was a teenager, I would invariably get delighted whenever talks of visiting a hospital were brought up. This was because I would get to catch a glimpse of my superheroes, draped in their white coats. From then on, I dreamt about myself being one of them…

A letter from one of our child sponsorship beneficiary

Loden Education InitiativesMarch 25, 2024158Views 0Likes 0Comments

My name is Phub Dorji and people call me Dawa because I have a twin sister Phub Zam who is called Nima. Nima and I go to school in Punakha and live with our mother. We have an elder sister who works in an office. As far as I can remember, it has always been…

Meet Ngawang

Loden Education InitiativesMarch 25, 2024211Views 0Likes 0Comments

My parents got divorced when I was three years old and since then, I was brought up by my single mother who too sadly passed away in 2019. I have no contact with my father who has remarried and has his own family to look after. Since the untimely demise of my mother, my only…

Education Initiative

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Education Initiative

Entrepreneurship Programme

Culture Programme

JOURNEY OF A LODEN SCHOLAR

DRUK ADDING MASALA UNIT (DAMU)

SAMPA LHENDUP BAKERY

Traditional Dry Cheese

Message from our Founder

Message from a Founding Member, Ashi Kunzang

LODEN SPRING CALL 2024 – FINAL RESULTS

SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS FOR THE SPRING CALL FOR BUSINESS PROPOSALS 2024

LODEN FOUNDATION YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP 2024

The white coat dream

A letter from one of our child sponsorship beneficiary

Meet Ngawang

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The Loden Foundation is a registered charity with the Civil Society Organisations Authority of Bhutan.

© 2024. Loden Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Designed by Xceed Studio and Karma Jamtsho.

The Loden Foundation is a registered charity with the
Civil Society Organisations Authority
of Bhutan.