Category: Updates
BAOWE visits Royal Textile Museum to view the “Hingtham-Weaving from the Heart” exhibition, followed by a lunch sponsored by Ugyen Bjongchubcholing Foundation
January 2nd, 2022 The Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan was instituted in May 2005 under the patronage of Her Majesty Gyalyum (Queen Mother) Sangay Choden Wangchuck as a non-government, non-profit organization. Her Majesty inaugurated the exhibition on 29/12/2021 at the museum. BAOWE had the opportunity of visiting the Royal... readmoreWomen-focused Self Help Groups (SHGs) from Uesu and Katsho communities, Haa District received Glass Visible Freezer and Cooler Boxes on 13th May 2021
June 4th, 2021BAOWE with support from the Bhutan Foundation and US Agency for International Development, handed over Visible Freezer and Cooler Boxes to the dairy groups of Sunkiri and Wangtsa enabling them to store cheese and butter increasing shelf life and improving marketability. This will encourage dairy farmers to scale up production... readmore
Project with Bhutan Foundation
June 4th, 2021Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs (BAOWE) with support from the Bhutan Foundation and USAID-US Agency for International Development ESF project will work to address post-harvest losses and access to the market. The overall goal of this project is to enhance local agriculture production, reduce post-harvest losses and ultimately keep... readmore
Introduction and implementation of BAOWE _Pelzhing ( Micro Finance Institution ) Program at Bongo Gewog under Chukha Dzongkhag.
November 2nd, 2018Baowe would like to thank honorable NC Dasho Sangay Dorji,Bongo Gup, representatives from Dzongkhag, Gewog staffs ,Sir Sangay Thinley Coordinator Of Bongo Agricultural Tshogpa and people of Bongo gewog for welcoming Baowe team... readmore
Capacity Building Group in Zhemgang
August 24th, 2018Training on food processing- Pickling,Dehydration of vegetables,Food and Beverage and Cooking,Food Handling and Hygienic Maintenance to 30 baowes’ member ,funded by Enhanced Integrated Framework(EIF),MOEA. Resource person : Post Harvest,MOAF Date : 25th-28th june 2018 Place : Zhemgang. readmore
Phuentsholing Dairy Group
August 23rd, 2018Training on basic Dairy practices,Animal Nutrition,Forage Husbandry,Dairy shed management and post production and marketing of Dairy products to 53 women farmers( 1 Self Help Group) in phuentsholing, funded by Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) ,MOEA. Resource Person : Post production and marketing section, Regional Livestock Development Centre, Tsimasham,Chukha . Date... readmore
Haa Dairy Group
August 23rd, 2018Training on pasture development, clean milk handling and Dairy shed management for Haa Dairy Group comprising of 21 women farmers at sangkiri and pajakha under Uesu gewog with the support from Enhanced Integrated Framework(EIF) ,Department of Trade ,Ministry of Economic Affairs. Resource Person : Livestock Sector,Haa Implementer: BAOWE. Date... readmore
Climate Change Resilience in Bangladesh and South Asia ( Press Release)
April 3rd, 2018I had the opportunity to attend the COP 22 event of UNFCC in Marrakesh Morocco in November 2016. The climate has given according to the expert ,”go ahead” on developing the “rule book”for Paris Agreement, including the global adaptation communication systems ,and finance assessment systems for building resilience .... readmore
Press Release-Nangyi-Aum opens in Thimphu
March 27th, 2018The restaurant would serve dishes from organic farm products that about 300 farmers produce. Coinciding with the international women’s day on March 8, Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs (BAOWE) opened a restaurant, Nangyi-Aum in Thimphu, to serve as an outlet for farm products of about 300 farmers from across... readmore