Training of the trainers on ‘Community Mapping’
In order to enhance democratic approach towards community development and to inculcate civic consciousness among the citizens, four days of training of the trainers on ‘Community Mapping’ is in progress. 16 participants from various institutions [...]
Follow-up practice of winter mindfulness camp
A day long mindfulness program was organized for LME students, CGI monks, and SJI staff on 4th August, 2017. The comprehensive program was a follow-up practice of annual winter mindfulness camp provided for teachers. Similar [...]
Mr. Hans Wessing and Mrs. Dara Padwo-Audick visited SJI office
A team led by Mr. Hans Wessing and Mrs. Dara Padwo-Audick visited SJI office (a GNH pilot development model) from the 23rd to 28th of July, 2017 to talk about different programs and projects of [...]
Mr. Werner Kuelling and Mr. Mario Fehr visited SJI
Mr. Werner Kuelling (Former Secretary General of HELVETAS) and Mr. Mario Fehr (Member of Swiss Parliament), visited Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative on 21/7/2017 to learn about SJI. Mr. Mario Fehr and Mr. Werner Kuelling at [...]
Reviving the Paddy Cultivation
Since 2010, farmers of Phajo Gonpa village (23 households) in Lauri Gewog have abandoned the paddy cultivation due to human wildlife conflict and damage of natural water irrigation system by landslides. This has led to [...]
Inculcating the Values of Farming
30 students and 3 teachers from our Lhomon Education program took part in paddy transplantation using SRI method at Rekhay today. Such program offers a sequence of interdisciplinary place-based and hands-on courses to our students. [...]
Slowly but surely
This is the 3rd year since Pemathang Gewog has initiated their zero waste management programs in collaboration with SJI. Pemathang Gewog is the first gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar to go beyond the concept of cleaning [...]
Awareness Program in CGI
An awareness program on personal health and hygiene; lifestyle and exercises; food and nutrition; and safe drinking water was carried out by a team of doctors, a health assistant, a lab officer, and a nurse [...]
Visit to Assam
In order to enhance the local capacity of our SRI (System of Rice Intensification) farmers and to upscale the SRI project in the coming years with a support from local leaders /development actors, SJI took [...]
Landslide in Menchari
Rain and landslides have not stopped us from helping our community members when they are in need of us. Road block towards GNH model village. The road to success is not easy to [...]
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Project
11 SRI farmers from Rekhay village in Dewathang Gewog have started preparing seedlings which will be transplanted after 14 days. We will keep you updated on the progress. "Don't judge each day by the harvest [...]
LME vegetable garden in Menchari
“A garden requires patient labour and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfil good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them”. (Liberty Hyde Bailey) On Sunday the 11th [...]