Category Archives: News

Off to Tsirang

By Gelay | Published: July 8, 2008

Today, 34 of us are leaving for Tsirang for our summer art camp. In Tsirang we will be joined by another 65 students. We will be back in Thimphu on… Read more

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Asha Kama at the Smithsonian

By Gelay | Published: July 8, 2008

Asha Kama is a member of the Bhutanese delegation to the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival in Washington DC. Here are some links to pictures of Asha Kama at the festival… Read more

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Golden Youth Award

By Gelay | Published: July 6, 2008

The Golden Youth Award is a neat idea of the Bhutan Youth Development Fund (YDF):

To establish a system of recognizing for notable achievements by youth.
To motivate youth to… Read more

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Stanford in VAST

By Gelay | Published: June 28, 2008

Professor Mark Mancall from Stanford University always visits VAST with his students when he is leading trips to Bhutan. Some of the students visited VAST this afternoon while we were… Read more

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Preparing for summer camp in Tsirang

By Gelay | Published: June 28, 2008

An afternoon filled with fun and laughter as Kueron taught us new games; games that we will be playing with the other participants at the summer camp in Tsirang starting… Read more

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Ambassador of Bangladesh visits VAST, and other news

By Gelay | Published: June 27, 2008

Child survival - Art work from the competition
On the 23rd of June, VAST was asked to judge an art competiton. The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) had organized a nation wide art competition among school… Read more

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Rice Bank: Breaking the Poverty Cycle

By Gelay | Published: June 19, 2008

a special project managed by VAST members, and other volunteers
- Food aid, debt relief and establishment of Rice Bank in 2 villages of Kabji Gaywog in Punakha: Chorten Nibu and Punlingsum… Read more

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Summer Art Camp, and other news

By Gelay | Published: June 8, 2008

This years Summer Art Camp will be held at the Damphu High School, in the district of Tsirang. We are hoping to take about 20 VAST members to Damphu, where… Read more

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Bye bye Verdell

By Gelay | Published: May 12, 2008

Verdell - Paro camp 2006
Verdell, an outdoor adventure specialist from Canada left for her country toady, after living in Thimphu for about 3 years. We had a farewell dinner for her a few nights… Read more

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Tattoo artist in VAST

By Gelay | Published: May 7, 2008

Savio explaining tattoo art
Savio D’silva and 6 other students from the prestigious J.J School of Arts in Mumbai, India, are visiting Bhutan, and they dropped in for a chat. Savio, among his many… Read more

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