Forty-four local masons were recently trained in earthquake-resistant building construction technology in Bajhang last week. Under UMN’s Disaster Risk Management Project, the one-week training for masons was conducted in collaboration with Thalara Rural Municipality and UMN’s local…
Two psychiatrists travelled over 700km from Kathmandu to meet patients in rural Bajhang last week! UMN’s mental health project organised two mental health camps in Bungal and Thalara, attended by 270 people*. Many older people, especially women,…
To enhance the capacity of those new to carrying local judicial responsibilities, UMN provided Conflict Analysis and Role and Responsibility orientation workshops in three districts at the end of 2022. These workshops were achieved in coordination with…
UMN in its over six decades of service in Nepal has persistently prioritised and emphasised on education for all, as key to breaking the cycle of poverty. UMN’s education team works hard to achieve and ensure that…
Students, teachers and local leaders practised effective response during a simulated earthquake drill at a secondary school in Thalara, Bajhang recently, for Nepal’s Earthquake Safety Day. Viewers had a near-to-real-life experience of an earthquake, giving an opportunity…
Plastic has become one of the biggest environmental challenges we face today. The rural areas of Nepal are also facing the same issue due to the development of roads, expansion of markets, lack of public awareness, and…
It took over five hours to reach Khijiphalate for a dental and medical camp in Okhaldhunga District – the first dental camp ever held there in the remote rural municipality of Khijidemba. Most patients were people with…
Sixty-five adolescent girls from Nawalparasi actively participated in a two-day long training on self-defense which concluded yesterday. The objective of this ‘Violence and Harassment reduction training’ was to build mental , physical and vocal skills and risk…
With the onset of winter, it is even more difficult for families displaced by the recent earthquake in Doti who are compelled to spend the night outside their houses in temporary tents. Especially pregnant women, children, and…
Congratulations to the students of Sarashowati Secondary School who have started to collect the plastic that littered their school surroundings. After a visitor to UMN’s CLIMATES project expressed concern about stopping plastics going into the water stream,…
