Sports Development

YDF places great importance to the role of sports in youth development. In the past, YDF supported the annual National School Games which has been discontinued by the Department of Youth and Sports (DYS) which is now giving more emphasis to sports at the school level. YDF has provided the DYS with support to train physical instructors to be employed at the school level.

YDF initiated sports among monks in one of the monastic schools, something that is usually not done in Bhutan and promoted sports among the physically and mentally challenged. Such efforts will be continued in future to encourage youth to pursue healthy lifestyles while inculcating such values as team spirit, honesty, determination, humility and organization skills in them.