On 16 February 2024, a fire destroyed the Cooperative’s processing plant and reduced the building including all machinery to rubble and ashes during the night. KNC lost several drying and packaging machines as well as its entire stock of turmeric powder in just one day. During our visit in March this year, we could see for ourselves the extent of the devastation. In cooperation with our sister association Bhutan Network we want to help KNC to resume their work.The most important item that needs to be bought to rebuild the plant is a multi-purpose heat pump dryer.
PLEASE HELP US! Donate HERE. Each contribution, be it large or small, is a building block for the reconstruction.
The project targeted female mountain farmers in the districts of Lhuentse and Trashigang in Bhutan, most of whom have to manage the work in the fields on their own. The aim of the project was to enable 35 economically disadvantaged female mountain farmers, who only practise subsistence farming, to increase their agricultural productivity and thus their income opportunities by mechanising the extremely costly and labour-intensive cultivation of their fields and terraces through access to microloans.
With a grant from the 
Friends of Bhutan Austria, together with the 
After successfully completing his 
On March 5, 2023, Austria’s Ambassador, Mag.a Katharina Wieser, officially presented Mr. Karma Lotey with the Decree of Appointment as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Austria to Bhutan. 
On 8 November 2022, the Association of Friends of Bhutan, Austria and