Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Dhakal, Executive/Founding Director of the Punya Foundation discussed about the Foundation’s program with resettled Bhutanese in the United States of America.   Three consecutive meetings are organised with the resettled Bhutanese in Lancaster, Pittsburgh and Ohio. The participants appreciated the programs of the Punya Foundation and expressed their support. Also, the registration of...

Implementing Partner : Bhutan Media Society (BMS) Project Coordinator : Tilak Niroula, BMS Sponsor: Punya Foundation Programme date/venue : 13 Nov 2012, Bhutanese Refugee Camp, Jhapa, Nepal  Background: With an aim of empowering women in the Bhutanese refugee camps of Jhapa and Morang districts in eastern parts of Nepal, the Punya Foundation conducted its first empowerment...

Location: Bhutanese Refugee Camp, Jhapa, Nepal Implementing Partner: BRAIN Sponsor: the Punya Foundation Assistance: Jyoty Bastralaya, Western union money transfer Nature and objective of programme: The program is aimed to honour “single ladies” who had been engaged in service to the refugee community for more than a decade. At the same time, the program is intended to empower the identified...

In collaboration with BRAIN, an empowerment program is organised in Nepal. The program is targetted to uplift socicially isolated “single women”. To give moral support, to recognise and to encourage other single women’s active participation in society, 5 single women were awarded amidst a program. Cultural activities, awareness raising dramas against violence were performed. Social...