Tag Archives: Projects

Children of a Lesser God

By Gelay | Published: April 2, 2009
Children of a lesser god perhaps but beautiful, hopeful souls nonetheless. The poor of Thamji and Tamey Damchu, when we meet them face to face, emerge from behind statistics and poverty figures as all too human with tragic stories. Tshedem is beautiful. Her years of toil in the fields, the burden of crushing poverty, and [...]
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Help Build A House

By Gelay | Published: March 5, 2009
Join VAST to help build a house for a needy family in Punakha. >> Click here for details
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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 According to the baseline survey conducted by village youth volunteers in 2007, 19 families from the villages of Chorten Nibu and Punlingsum  were found living [...]
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