The Last Shepherd of Thakhorling village in Tsirang
Namgay Wangchuk,Tsirang
May 16, 2019Seventy-eight years old Dhan Maya Tamang serves breakfast for her 74 years old husband Phurba Tamang in the morning and restlessly waits for him to finish eating because a flock of over twenty sheep were bleating in the lush cardamom field. They are calling for their old shepherd to untie them.
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Engaging local community in conserving snow leopards
Sangay Chezom, Paro
Apr 18, 2019Bhutan is one of the 12 countries in Asia that is home to snow leopards. However, due to human encroachment for poaching and retaliatory killings, the endangered big cats are losing their habitat.
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Dagana farmers target schools as an alternative market
Namgay Wangchuk, Dagana
Apr 2, 2019Farmers' group of Dagana are persuading the schools in their locality to opt for locally grown vegetables over the imported ones. While the farmers will get a ready market, the students can have access to organic vegetables.
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The extinct craft of weaving cotton fabrics in Wangphu
Kinley Wangchuk, Samdrup Jongkhar
Mar 29, 2019The age-old tradition of weaving fabrics from cotton in Wangphu Gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar, once widely prevalent has long been disappeared.
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