The Thasa community face poor housing situation. In the recent times one storied mud house are built. Only two families were able to build two storied houses. Those who own two storied houses worry that earthquakes and strong wind damages. In the whole community there are only 3 two storied houses. The rest are 6 one storied and 7 are huts. One storied houses and huts do not have ventilations and experience high humidity in the summer. There are instances of snakes entering the houses during summers when it is hot and humid. The locally available timber (chirpine) is fast (within a year) infested by insects. The National Dialogue between mountain communities and the government recommended that alternative construction materials suited to the local environment be explored.
Limited income source, difficult to get timber permits and absence of carpenters in the village prevent the community to construct houses of their choice.

Though varieties of crops (Maize, rice, wheat, dal, millet, mustard, potshem, chili, radish, spinach, cabbage, onion, beans, tomato, banana, papaya, cucumber, pumpkin, mango, pomegranate and sugarcane) can be grown, the community suffers food deficit throughout the year. At best the community food sufficiency is 40% in the crop seasons. Most of the time the community resorts to purchased food. The list of purchased food and non-food items have also changed and increased over time. For example, the community buys waiwai, maggie, nooddles, cold drinks, imported oil, salt, milk, milk powder, sugar, imported flours and alcohol like beer, Takin, Zumzin, Breezer, Rockbee, Gin, Lime.
Human wildlife conflict is common. The wild animals like deer, porcupine, wild boars and wolves attack crops and livestocks.
In the last two years, insect damage to stored seeds has made it difficult for the community to preserve and store own seeds creating dependency on external seed sources.
Although all the houses have access to drinking water from the water tap supported by Government, they have been facing acute shortage of water the past three years. Water sources are drying out and it is financially difficult for them to construct larger water tanks. Community members identified new water source which will solve the water problem for all four villages, however, it is far from the villages and it seems the expenditure will be huge. The chiwog has no capacity to plan and propose the water supply so that the issue is addressed at the Gewog and Dzongkhag levels. The National Dialogue between mountain communities and the government recommended that the community be supported with plan and proposal preparation to be submitted to the local government (Gewog and Dzongkhag).

Monsoon season is from July to August. The community members experienced erratic rainfall since 2015. This has led to many issues relating to their farm works. Last year (2017), only 50 % of their land was cultivated due to scarce rainfall.

The community has a lake which some four decades ago use to be a source of water for livestock, also used for irrigation besides household uses. During the monsoon the lake would overflow and submerge the fields nearby. However, the water dries up within days of the rainfall. An effort to retain the water in the lake using modern technologies would benefit the community in many ways.

There are mostly pine trees growing in the forest. Goose berries and ?Aru? trees are also available. Fern, mushroom, bamboo shoot, damru and potato are some non-wood forest products available. Availability of these products depends on the rainfall. These days, community members do not collect any NWFP. The forest is exposed to timber extraction by those other than community since there is no community forest established. The National Dialogue between mountain communities and the government recommended that a community forest be established at the earliest with support from local government.

Though Thasa chiwog is connected with a farm road, it is about 5 hours? drive to the dzongkhag administration and 3 hours walk to the gewog centre. The nearest shops are at Burichu on the Thimphu-Gelephu highway which is at a distance of one hour?s walk. From the highway it is one hour?s drive to Damphu from where the community access many of the services they need. The National Dialogue between mountain communities and the government recommended that the community pursue with Dzongkhag administration for the use of Excavator and Backhoe provided by the government to improve the current farmroad and a proposal be submitted for the construction of the farmroad to connect the village to Burichu for submission to relevant agencies
Besides not having proper homes, except for one family none of the household has a proper toilet. All the households still use pit latrine which poses threat to the health of the community members. These latrines are constructed away from their houses and are hardly used. Water being one of the pressing issues in the community, the community members cannot relate the use of water for toilets. Due to this, the personal hygiene of the community members was observed to be poor during the sub national level consultation. Installation of rainwater harvesting for all the households will contribute towards reducing the water issues in the community.Primary objective
1. Reduce vulnerability of the poorest through housing improvement
2. Promote sustainable land and forest management
3. Promote climate resilient crop production and sustainable consumption
4. Build community capacity in leadership
5. Support to water supply ,sanitation and hygiene