Small steps towards building mindful schools & communities
The 7 day mindfulness camp, held at Chokyi Gyatso Institute Dewathang ended on 26th December, 2016. Its content included meditation, mindful offering of butter lamps, selection of local agriculture produced, waste minimization, cooking, eating & [...]
Creating a mindful society through educators…
The 3rd mindfulness camp begins from December 19-26, 2016. About 49 participants are expected. 3 young members of Menchari village along with the SJI youth coordinator & project manager will participate in a week long [...]
Consolidated SJI Membership Account
Kuzuzangpo la, Click the following links to view name list of member and bank statement from BoB and BNB:- Name of the members, -November, 2016 Bank statement from BOB,- November, 2016 Bank statement from BNB,-November, [...]
Tashi Delek to the LMS board and the SJI team
Tashi Delek to the LMS board and the SJI team, of the past and the present, to be honoured with the National Order of Merit (Gold). Tashi Delek to the other 22 CSOs, who also [...]
SJI continues to engage ….
On December 18, 2016, SJI interacted with the 2nd batch of elected local leaders from the 6 eastern dzongkhags (26 gups) at Menchari village. There was not a single women leader in the group. The [...]
Project Cycle Management workshop in SJI
SJI organized a week’s workshop (December 10-16, 2016) on “Project Cycle Management” for its staff and its partner organizations (only one agency participated). It was resourced by Dr. Akiko Ueda from Nagoya University. She has [...]
Welcome to SJI family
SJI welcomes Dr. Yang Gyeltshen into the young and enthusiastic team. He is entrusted with the important responsibility of leading the development of Lhomon Education (LME), an alternate education model that is inspired by GNH [...]
NFE Teachers in SJI
On December 14, 2016 SJI met over 20 non-formal (NFE) teachers from the east and 2 officials from the Education Ministry. While the focus was on waste management (especially craft making), SJI stressed on the [...]
College of Natural Resources students in SJI office
On December 14, 2016 SJI shared its philosophy, priorities, larger concerns and experience (largely driven by the intrinsic values GNH values) with 32 CNR (college of natural resources) students of sustainable development program led by [...]