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For nearly three years, residents of Traling in Monggar town have struggled with a lack of parking space. With no designated area, vehicles are being left in unsafe and poorly lit spaces, away from their homes. Tenants and homeowners have been raising concerns with local authorities but to no avail. Residents did not have enough parking areas after a footpath...

In Phuentshogling, for the first time in their lives, a group of people living with disabilities and women in difficult circumstances are stepping into a world of opportunity. Through a special support programme made possible by RENEW, Phuentsholing Thromde and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment, they are beginning their paid internships. 25-year-old Tandin Tshedup Dorji, who is both...

For the farmers of Bjaphu Chiwog in Wangdue Phodrang’s Ruebisa Gewog, every season is a working season. Even during the seemingly ‘off season’, farmers there are busy engaged in winter vegetable cultivation. It has been nearly four months, farmers of Bjaphu Chiwog have been harvesting and selling green vegetables making the most of the limited supply in market. The Chiwog...

For over two decades, the Royal Society for Protection of Nature, RSPN has been safeguarding the critically endangered White-bellied Heron. Its work goes beyond conservation. The organization is also transforming the lives of communities residing within the bird’s habitat. One such village, Devithang, in Tsirang’s Rangthangling Gewog, has seen remarkable benefits. Let us take a closer look at how conservation...