In a remote village Arjal in Rukum, women developed an action plan to improve their environment. After UMN’s SEED Project formed Sirjana mothers’ group, they actively got involved in constructing reservoir tanks with more than 50 %…
Three irrigation schemes have recently been constructed in three wards of Bungal in Bajhang District under UMN’s CLIMATES Project. This will now directly benefit three farmers groups covering nearly 90 households. Although low land areas have canal…
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Isn’t it great to be cooking your food from the oil produced in your own field? Good news for the locals of Thalara Rural Municipality, they now have an oil processing mill in their own village. The…
Big day for UMN! We are delighted to share the joy of signing two project agreements- Sudurpashchim & Lumbini Community Development Project Agreement with the Social Welfare Council yesterday. UMN’s Executive Director Dhana Lama and Liaison…
Twenty-seven local masons from two rural municipalities of Rukum East District took part in an earthquake resistant structure training. The seven-day training starting 31 May was jointly organised by UMN’s two local partners. The training’s objective was…
Reliable access to water is an increasing problem in Nepal – water which is essential for drinking, irrigation and for livestock. In Bungal, Bajhang, groundwater levels have been lowering, but thanks to some hard labour and basic…
Today, UMN’s Okhaldhunga Community Hospital received and welcomed seven key representatives from local, district and provincial government who were very impressed when they saw and learnt more about our work. The provincial health minister and health secretary,…
Two months of Skilled Birth Attendant (SBA) training for nursing staff under UMN’s Pro-ACT Project concluded on 18 May 2022. The nine nursing staff were from the health posts and community health centres of Bhume and Putha…
An inclusive hostel facility for students with physical disabilities was recently constructed in Banthpali Secondary School in Bajhang District. UMN’s local partner Progressive Youth Society and Chabbispathivara Rural Municipality jointly provided monetary support to build this hostel…
We have been busy with a ten-day-long Community Psychosocial Worker’s training in Nepalgunj which finishes tomorrow, 7 May. UMN Medical and Development Trust’s (UMN MDT) Mental Health Project staff and partner staff from Bajhang, Kapilvastu, Nawalparasi and…
