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The illustrators training for Bhutan Children's Book Initiative Project was held on 3rd November till 5th November. The training was conducted by Ms.Terry and Ms.Sophie (Professional Illustrators from SC UK) with 17 participants.

The self assessment of Save the Children Bhutan Country Office was conducted on September 5^th -6^th at Zhemgang by a team comprising of Bishal Rai, Education Project Officer as the team leader and Sonam Pelden, Project Officer, as the recorder. The team was also joined by Seema Baral, Associate Director and Sonam Deki, Sponsorship Communication officer.

A three-day Publisher’s Training began in Thimphu on June 16 as a part of Bhutan Children’s Book Initiative, a collaborative project between save the Children – Bhutan Country Program and Ministry of Education.

The Publisher’s Training will develop the capacity of local publishers, authors, writers and illustrators to produce high quality age and context appropriate books for Bhutanese children.

 Save the Children- Bhutan Country Team participated in first ever one-day knock-out basketball tournament- “Partnership for Development”, organized by SNV on May 17, 2014 (Saturday) at the Bhutan Basketball Federation court in Thimphu.A toal of 13 International Organizations in the country took part in the friendly tournament that was organized as a platform for all the  international agencies to liaise and increase coordination and build partnership.