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 [...]
Happening Now
SJI showcasing innovations entitled “Innovative Approach towards Waste Management” at the International Conference on Resilient Hindu Kush Himalaya: Developing Solution towards a Sustainable Future for Asia from 3-6 December at International Centre for Integrated Mountain [...]
Land Management at Menchari GNH-Model Village
Lead by Mr. Sonam Phuntsho (Assistant Dzongkhag Agriculture Officer) from Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag Agriculture Sector in collaboration with SJI and Menchari community members, carried out 7 days (23/5/2017 to 29/5/2017) land management activities viz. plantation [...]
Dump site cleaning at Bangtso village by LME student
SJI’s Lhomon Education (LME) program and Chokyi Gyatso Institute (CGI) jointly organized a half day dump site cleaning at Bangtso village on 27th May, 2017, to educate the community members (who are responsible for illegally [...]
Prospective Lead Farmer’s Exposure Visit
In pursuance of the agreement signed with Agriculture Research and Development Centre (ARDC-Wengkhar), Commercial Agriculture Resilient Livelihood Enhancement Programme (CARLEP) and Dzongkhag Agriculture in 2016 to identify and train lead farmers, SJI identified 8 lead [...]
SRI Project
After a successful implementation of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) project with one farmer in Rekhey village under Dewathang Gewog in 2016, where gross yield of 2156 kg/acre was noted in SRI method, while 1176 [...]
Visited Pheluma village
SJI team visited Pheluma village in Orong Gewog from 13th to 14th May, 2017 to conduct field assessment of the prospective leader farmer (woman) in the community who was trained in the best organic agriculture [...]
Dr. Gonzales from Switzerland visited SJI’s project sites
Dr. Gonzales from Switzerland visited SJI's project sites to discover people and their work in villages; to see the feasibility of a micro-credit project for Bhutan. SJI presentation Demo by zero waste [...]
Sherubtse College visited SJI’s project sites
Final year students (59) of BA Economics and Population Studies from Sherubtse College visited SJI's project sites from 26-28/4/2017, to learn about holistic approach towards development. Visit to Menchari village Understanding GNH [...]
An Assembly of Educationists at SJI: Building a GNH-inspired Education
“If I ever have the opportunity to create a school for children, I want them to learn what it is to be human. The way things are manifesting now in the world, our children are [...]