Water sustains our homes, farms, communities and ecosystems. Yet, as water sources face increasing pressure from changing weather patterns, land-use changes and human activities, protecting water cannot be left to one place or one day, it requires collective action.
As part of World Water Week 2026, Tarayana Foundation is engaging with communities across different project sites to raise awareness on the importance of protecting and conserving our water sources and the landscapes that sustain them.
Yesterday, the observance took place in Dogar Gewog, Paro, where community members came together to take practical action by cleaning water sources, water tanks and trenches in potential recharge areas. These activities, though simple, play an important role in keeping water sources clean, maintaining recharge areas and strengthening community ownership of the water systems they depend on.
Every spring, the stream and recharge area are connected to the well-being of downstream communities. Keeping these areas clean, protected and healthy helps safeguard water availability for households, agriculture and ecosystems.
Through these community engagements, Tarayana aims to go beyond awareness, to encourage shared responsibility and collective action for water conservation.
Over the coming days, similar activities will be carried out across different communities and project sites, bringing people together to learn, act and reflect on the importance of water. Stay tuned!
Because water is more than a resource. Water is life. 
The initiative is able to carry out under under the Living Landscapes project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety through the International Climate Initiative (IKI) with support from WWF Deutschland.
In Bhutan, the project is implemented by Tarayana Foundation and WWF Bhutan in close coordination with the Department of Forests and Park Services, and the National Land Commission Secretariat.