Thimphu March 31, 2023:   To encourage adolescents and young people to apply the skills and knowledge learnt during their engagement with the Adolescent Skills and Employability (ASE) Bhutan Project and to scale up their social innovation ideas, a National Innovation Challenge was held today in Thimphu.  Launched last year to equip adolescents and young people with…

Officials from Society Switzerland-Bhutan visited the Loden Foundation on March 3 to discuss ways to improve the support that has been provided so far. The SSB team has expressed its interest in futher collaborating and working together with Loden Foundation. With friendship strengthened and renewed, we look forward in working closely with SSB to help…

Our heartfelt Tashi Delek to the successful applicants of our Fall Call for business proposals 2022 Tashi Delek to: Pema Tshoki and team, Gensum Pasta located at Thimphu Tashi Phuntsho, Thunder Detergent located at Chhukha Sonam Norbu, Norbu's Action Studio at Thimphu Deep Raj Thapa, Dim Sum Baskets at Thimphu Deepen Raj Ghalley, Deepen's Ornamental…

The Bhutanese spirit has always been inherently optimistic, a recognition of the interconnectedness of the universe. We invoke blessings for good fortune to imbue our best intentions and greatest endeavours. Bhutanese art too, emerges from this sensibility. Traditional paintings and motifs signify auspiciousness and goodness, meant to bring healing wherever they are placed. We hope…

We are always excited and happy at this time of the year as we welcome talented young people to our Loden Family. Today, we received 15 new Loden Scholars through an orientation programme – 2 students joined virtually. The Loden Scholars of 2022 with the Founder Lopen Karma Phuntsho and Executive Director Ms Tshewang Tashi Speaking…

The Loden culture team, led by our founder Lopen Karma Phuntsho, had productive meetings at the Department of Culture. As a guest speaker at the meeting for professional development of the District Cultural Officers organised by the Department of Culture, Lopen Karma Phuntsho shared his understanding of the Bhutanese cultural identity, the need for a…

On October 25, ICHCAP under the auspices of UNESCO in South Korea announced to hold 'ichLinks Open archive photo contest' with participants from all over the world. ichLinks Open Archive aims to serve as a channel for discovering and sharing ICH stories about our daily lives from a variety of public perspectives. The goal…

After a one-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Druk Tshongrig Gatoen is being held at the CSI Market from 9th-13th November 2021 to coincide with the Global Entrepreneurship Week. The objective of hosting Druk Tshongrig Gatoen is to expose young Bhutanese to entrepreneurship, and provide a platform for our community to come together…

WE HAVE MOVED! The Loden Foundation office has moved to Chhubachhu. We have moved to the bungalow located next to the Bhutan Development Bank Ltd. Please refer to the map and photo for more details. Please call 77184455 for more info.

It is always exciting this time of the year, as we get to welcome talented young people to our Loden Family. We welcomed 10 new Loden Scholars through an orientation programme– 2 students joined virtually. Speaking to the scholars at the orientation, Loden’s Founder Lopen Karma Phuntsho gave the following advice: First, learn to think…

As part of our Tali Lake Conservation Project, we visited Zhemgang to create awareness on the importance of conservation and biodiversity and how it is linked to culture and religion. We met with students, monks, nuns and community members, to encourage a collective conservation effort from all stakeholders. While in Tali, we installed information signage…