The Global Bhutan and the Canadian Bhutanese Association (CABTAS) support education of the children, who lost at least one of their parents during the recent earthquakes in Nepal, through the Punya Foundation. Following the destructive earthquakes in Nepal in April and May 2015, the GlobalBhutan in co-ordination with the Canadian Bhutanese Association (CABTAS) started fund...

In 2015, the Punya Foundation established a partnership with The School Management Committee Federation of Nepal (SMC Federation) to implement a project targeting to empower the children living in the earthquake hit districts in Nepal through provision of scholarships for their education and to help them become independent. To start with, the scholarships shall be provided...

The recent earthquake in Nepal has rendered many children orphans; the exact number is yet to be established but it is estimated that around 125 children have lost at least one of their parents. Most orphan children are from rual villages with no means of support system left for them. Even in a normal situation,...

Each year Punya Foundation coordinates with local Nepali organizations to implement its empowerment program. Similar to past years, this year also the Punya Foundation worked with Jana Kalyan Yuwa Samuha (JKYS), a nonprofit organization in the Jhapa district of eastern Nepal, to implement the scholarship program and Women’s Empowerment Program. Scholarship selection process: As in 2013,...

In collaboration with the Bhutanese Refugee Women Forum (BRWF), the Punya Foundation provided scholarships to few Bhutanese refugee students. The BRWF is a local organization in Nepal and has been working for the welfare of Bhutanese women and vulnerable children living in the refugee camps in Nepal. Working methodology: The Punya Foundation organized a series of...

Giving continuity to its scholarship program, the Punya Foundation developed a partnership with the Bhutanese Refugee Women Forum (BRWF) and made agreement to implement the Scholarship program in the Bhutanese refugee camps. The BRWF has been working for the welfare of Bhutanese women and vulnerable children living in the refugee camps in Nepal. Working methodology:...