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DFC BHUTAN TEAM

  • Deki Choden
    Deki Choden
    Country Lead

    Deki Choden is the Founding Principal of ELC (Early Learning Centre) Primary School and ELC (Educating for Lifelong Citizenship) High School, which have partnered with the Contentment Foundation, Harvard University’s Making Caring Common Project, Design for Change (DFC), His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Mind and Life Institute "A Call to Care in Education" Initiative as well as with local organisations such as the Gross National Happiness Centre, the Bhutan Kidney Foundation, and the Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy, among others.

    She serves the DFC Bhutan Country Leader and aspires to inspire an 'I CAN' mindset in every student. Since 2010, under her leadership, DFC Bhutan has spread to over 250 schools in all corners of Bhutan, empowering thousands of children to change their communities for the better. 

    Having served as an educator for 37 years, including as one of the first Bhutanese women lecturers at Sherubtse College, she is a proponent of “EduCARING for Universal Happiness and Wellbeing” - the belief that educating the heart is as important as educating the mind to realize the vision of Gross National Happiness in education.

    Email Address: dekielc@gmail.com

Educating for Lifelong Citizenship (ELC) School

DFC Country Partner

Thimphu

Phone: 17110459

Email Address: dekielc@gmail.com