The Bhutanese-Czech UNICEF partnership: “It’s not only economic development, people’s happiness is equally important”

Name: The Bhutanese-Czech UNICEF partnership: “It’s not only economic development, people’s happines ...
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Description: Bhutan and Czechia are not two countries we would immediately link together. Yet, they share a 20-year history of collaboration, with Bhutan being UNICEF Czechia’s most consistently supported partner. Current aid focuses on 9,000 young Buddhist monks and nuns, ensuring their monastic schools meet all their needs. Bhutan, a landlocked South Asian country at the

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Bhutan and Czechia are not two countries we would immediately link together. Yet, they share a 20-year history of collaboration, with Bhutan being UNICEF Czechia’s most consistently supported partner. Current aid focuses on 9,000 young Buddhist monks and nuns, ensuring their monastic schools meet all their needs.

Bhutan, a landlocked South Asian country at the foothills of the Himalayas, has a population of around 700,000.

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Author: Hannah Vaughan