Drak-Tsho Vocational Training Centre for Special Youth/Children is established in the year 2001 at Thimphu by our Present Executive Director Mrs. Jigme Wangmo and it is the first and only of its kind in the country. It is a service oriented and non-profit making centre. So far, it has trained more than 60 students aged between 13 and 30 years in different vocations and life skills. Through the training, product development and commercial marketing, the Centre has successfully raised awareness about the skills and potential of students with Disability. The course program and the certificates are fully recognized by the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources.

The Centre aspires to enhance the living standard of disabled youth through empowerment by training and eventual integration with the mainstream population. Its main focus is to equip the trainees with vocational skills to enhance their opportunities for gainful employment. It also aims to build their self-esteem and self-reliance, thereby making them more independent, confident and contributing members of the society. This project encompasses opportunities that allow them to grow in their aptitude, determination, goals and dreams. One of the greatest challenges for the Centre is to erase the deeply embedded stigma.

The Drak-Tsho east project at Rongthung, Kanglung, Trashigang is the first branch of the Centre, established for Youths with Disability of eastern districts with funding support from Omega Foundation, Finland. This year, the centre is taking 30 students with disability and currently we have students from Trashigang, Tashi Yangtse, Monger and Pema Gatshel.