Small Grants Support Local Solutions

What if a single gift could help protect wildlife and nature, improve food security, and strengthen communities across Bhutan?

Today, you have the opportunity to help bring ten community-led projects to life through the Bhutan Foundation's Small Grants Program. Through grants of up to $15,000, you can help fund local solutions that will build a more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable Bhutan. What we need now is a partner who is ready to invest in local solutions.

That partner can be you.

Because these projects are designed and directed by local leaders, your support goes directly where it is needed most and creates lasting impact. Last week, we shared projects focused on women, culture, and youth. This week, we highlight initiatives balancing environmental conservation, food security, and economic opportunity, a harmony that is essential to life in Bhutan.

Read more to learn about some of the different ways your generosity could transform lives.



PROTECTING NATURE & STRENGTHENING EMPLOYMENT

Wildlife Rescue Centre, Sarpang: As development expands, wildlife increasingly face injury and displacement. The Southern Wildlife Rescue Centre in Sarpang works to address this growing challenge, rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing 64 wild animals back into nature. The Centre also provides lifelong care for 54 animals that are too severely injured or vulnerable to survive on their own, while serving as a key conservation site for Bhutan’s gharials and crocodiles. Your support is needed to strengthen this vital work, ensuring injured and vulnerable wildlife receive the care they urgently need.

Kabji Hoka Tsho Ecotourism Trail, Punakha: The Kabji Hoka Tsho Lake attracts over 2,000 visitors each year, but unmanaged tourism is beginning to threaten the fragile ecosystem. With your support, the local community group will establish waste management systems, build sanitation facilities, maintain trails, and create a community-managed ecotourism model. More than 3,000 residents stand to benefit through new livelihood opportunities such as guiding, homestays, porter services, local product sales, and trail management, while protecting the lake and surrounding environment.

IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY & RURAL LIVELIHOODS

Clean Dairy in Nganglam: In Nganglam, dairy farming provides a vital source of income for families, but challenges related to hygiene, disease prevention, and market access limit its potential. Mr. Devi Lal Phuyel, a project representative, shared that “Despite growth in dairy farming, poor cowshed hygiene, inadequate manure management, and insufficient packaging technology pose significant public health risks.” With your support, the local cooperative, Ngamlay Tshogde, can improve disease surveillance, adopt safer production practices, upgrade existing infrastructure, and create more sustainable livelihoods for farmers.

Climate-Resilient Dairy in Pemagatshel: A 25-member farmers group in Khengzor village started dairy farming to diversify from vegetable farming and safeguard against climate variability. Your support can improve cattle breeds, use climate-smart fodder conservation, improve dairy infrastructure, and build technical capacity. In a village that already faces limited opportunities and poor market access, this investment will be transformative for the families’ financial security and the village’s economic resilience.

Why Your Gift Matters

Small grants have extraordinary impact, 

which means even a small gift can make a big difference. 

Local communities know their own needs. 

With the right support, they create solutions that last.

The Bhutan Foundation has received a platinum rating from charity watchdog Candid and a four-star score from Charity Navigator. These hold the highest standards for evaluating non-profit organizations and advise supporters like you so that you know every dollar is making the largest possible impact.