Abroad Luminaries Community
Abroad’s Luminaries are dedicated to supporting indigenous communities and safeguarding their wisdom for future generations.
A Regenerative Mindset
On Abroad experiences, leaders gain profound insights from local wisdom keepers and find renewal in nature’s majesty. This is why we created the Abroad Wisdom Council and our nonprofit—to support indigenous communities and protect their wisdom for future generations. Indigenous communities safeguard 80% of the world’s biodiversity. By supporting them, we are also preserving ecosystems, revitalizing cultures, and regenerating the natural world.
Inspired in Bhutan
Abroad’s vision was born in Bhutan, where we’ve had the honor of bringing hundreds of the world’s top leaders for life-changing experiences. When we asked local wisdom keepers how we could best support them and create a net positive impact, their answer was clear: help build and restore centers where traditional Bhutanese practices can be cultivated and passed down for generations.
Hear from Abroad’s founder on the importance of a regenerative mindset for partnering with local communities in Bhutan
Our Projects in Bhutan
Rukha Village: A Temple for the Community
Our first pilot project took place in Rukha, one of Bhutan’s most remote and pristine villages. Abroad helped fund the construction of their community temple, and upon completion, the villagers celebrated with a multi-day festival.
Dodedhra Monastery: Preserving a Sacred Sanctuary
For the past decade, we have worked closely with the Abbots and Rinpoches of Dodedhra Monastery in Bhutan. With the generous support of our leadership community, Abroad has contributed more than $200,000 to preserve sacred relics, install modern plumbing, and now build a new prayer and dining hall, a sacred space where monks will continue to pray for the wellbeing of all sentient beings for generations to come.
Ngajur Pemachopheling Dharma Center, Zhemgang
In partnership with Her Eminence Dorje Phagmo Rinpoche, Abroad is helping build centers where monks, nuns, and future generations of Bhutanese children can cultivate traditional wisdom. At the center we helped construct in Zhemgang, Dorje Phagmo welcomes the elderly and disabled, offering them care and a home—demonstrating her limitless compassion.
Gelephu Mindfulness City: Integrating Tradition into the Future
After successfully establishing a center in Zhemgang, Abroad is now collaborating with Dorje Phagmo to build one of the first Centers for Traditional Wisdom within the King’s visionary Mindfulness City. Through the generosity of Abroad alumni, more than $100,000 has already been contributed to support the integration of traditional wisdom and values into this new city, ensuring it stands as a global model of prosperity, cultural heritage, and harmonious living with nature.
Beyond Bhutan:
Expanding to Other Global Wisdom Cultures
Having established a successful model in Bhutan, Abroad is now partnering with communities in Peru, Sedona, New Zealand, and beyond to preserve and cultivate traditional wisdom around the world.
Because wisdom is shared, not taught, we believe the most meaningful way to safeguard it for future generations is by creating places where communities can gather, practice, and keep their traditions alive long after their wisdom keepers and spiritual leaders have passed them on.
Get Involved
If you’re seeking a way to create meaningful and lasting impact, we invite you to join the Abroad Luminaries Community and help preserve timeless wisdom for future generations. You can contribute through your time, expertise, connections, or financial support, becoming part of a global effort to sustain the wisdom that sustains us all.