Improving access, coverage and quality of basic services

SNV in Bhutan improves access to, coverage and quality of basic services through the Bhutan Biogas Project. Started in 2011, it aims to build capacity of the public and private sectors to construct and operate 1,600 biogas plants in four districts in the next two years.

Increasing production, employment & income opportunities

SNV helps farmers to access markets and improve their products, increasing incomes for the rural poor. This involves focusing on:

Off-Season Vegetables
Non-Timber Forest Products
Cooperative Sector Development

Improving access to better health, sanitation and hygiene

SNV in Bhutan works in both rural and urban contexts to ensure ACCESS FOR ALL to:

Improved sanitation and hygiene
Market driven sanitation supply chains
Innovative behaviour change communication

Bhutan +10 Conference

SNV supports an international conference on Gender and Sustainable Mountain Development in a Changing World, Thimphu, (15 – 19) Oct. 2012. For more info, visit: www.icimod.org/bhutan+10

Prime Minister of Bhutan

In July 2009, H.E Jigmi Y. Thinley, PM of Bhutan joined SNV's International Advisory Board to contribute his experience to the organisation's sustainable development work.

2012 International Year of Cooperatives

International Conference, Thimphu, Oct 3-5, 2012. Organised by Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives. The theme is “Cooperatives: Empowering Communities Towards Gross National Happiness". Check the web-site: www.bhutan.coop

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7 May 2012

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2 May 2012

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SSH4A benefiting thousands of rural people in Asia

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By end of 2011, SNV and IRC reviewed progress of the Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All (SSH4A) programme in Asia. .

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Bhutan

SNV has had a presence in Bhutan since 1988, and has been working closely with the Royal Government of Bhutan and other local development actors to bring a social and behavioural change in the following three sectors:

Contact person:

"Poverty is still far from being eradicated in Asia. SNV in Bhutan is highly dedicated to the implementation of programmes, aligned to the development plans of the Royal Government of Bhutan, to bring down poverty and as well develop people's capacities to decide on their own future."