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Book a Youth Homestay at My Gakidh Village

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My Gakidh Village, or “My Happy Village”, is a joint initiative of the Bhutan Youth Development Fund, Aide et Action International, World Wildlife Fund Bhutan and UNDP Bhutan, the first of its kind in Bhutan with the overall goal to curb rural-urban youth migration by providing sustainable livelihood skills and opportunities to unemployed youth within […]

๐‘บ๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’š ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’‹๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’š ๐‘ฎ๐’š๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’–๐’Ž ๐‘ป๐’”๐’†๐’š๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’†๐’Ž ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’„๐’‰๐’–๐’„๐’Œ

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The Bhutan Youth Development Fund (YDF) celebrated the Social Forestry Day marking the significant day of the 49th Coronation of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck. As part of its on-going commitment to honor His Majesty and combat climate change, YDF is striving to plant a million trees and contribute to the […]

YDF Quarterly Report 2023

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YDF Quarterly Report 2023   The Bhutan Youth Development Fund (YDF) is pleased to share with you the YDF Quarterly Report (January-March), 2023.   We thank everyone for your unstinted support and look forward to your continuing support.

Selected candidate for YDF-RTC Scholarship 2023

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The Bhutan Youth Development Fund (YDF) is pleased to announce the selected candidate for the YDF-RTC Need-Based Scholarship 2023. Congratulations to the scholarship recipient! Sl# RTC Application Number Name CID REMARKS 1 123555 Pema Dorji 11105002922 Selected

๐‘ฉ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’€๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’๐’‘๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐‘ญ๐’–๐’๐’… (๐’€๐‘ซ๐‘ญ) ๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’” ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’›๐’‰๐’๐’†๐’ ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’“๐’Š ๐‘ฏ๐’–๐’ƒ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‘๐’‰๐’–

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The Bhutan Youth Development Fund (YDF) is pleased to announce the soft opening of Nazhoen Pelri Hub, a new youth hub aimed at promoting health and education for the growing youth population in Gelephu. As the nation strives towards enhanced community health and wellbeing, the Nazhoen Pelri Hub provides a wide range of facilities and […]

About YDF

The Bhutan Youth Development Fund is working to ensure that all youth have equal access to education, meaningful employment and opportunities to develop their potential.

Since 1999, the YDF has served thousands of children and youth across Bhutan - with a special focus on the disadvantaged. We are Bhutan's leading youth organization and a senior member of civil society. Our programs and investments support youth development and participation, education, substance use prevention and treatment, disability rights, child protection, skills training, social entrepreneurship, well-being promotion, and policy advocacy.

From the President



Her Majesty the Queen Mother
Ashi Tseyring Pem Wangchuck

โ€œThe youth comprise more than half of our total population. Therefore, the way we handle the development of children and youth will have a crucial bearing on every development goal that this nation has set collectively."

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