Farmers in Dhading District are happy to plant Moringa plant for the first time ever. Praised for its health benefits, Moringa plant is also the best carbon offset option. Under UMN’s ‘Moringa based Carbon Offset Initiative for…

On International Youth Day today, we want to share with you an encouraging story from UMN’s Interfaith Peace Youth Group in Sunsari District. About a year ago, the youth group successfully collected USD 1900 to construct two…

We are sad to inform our friends about the passing away of our old friend Ethel Metzler on 27 July  at the age of 95. She was the wife of UMN Executive Director, Ed Metzler. From 1989…

UMN’s current project agreement (2015-2020) has been amended with the Social Welfare Council (SWC). UMN’s Executive Director Joel Hafvenstein and SWC member secretary Rajendra Paudel signed the amendment agreement on 22 July 2019.  SWC rule states that…

On 1 June a violent storm removed a roof from Kul Nanan Dev Primary School in Bajhang District – destroying teaching materials, chairs and official documents. This was a devastating shock for this school of 66 students.…

Clean water is essential to everyday life.  In North Dhading following the 2015 earthquakes many communities lost their safe water supply.  On a recent visit to UMN’s partner projects there, our Executive Director, Joel Hafvenstein, was happy…

Eighteen local youths received training from UMN on disability data collection in Rukum earlier this week. They have also learned about disability, its types and issues. There is a lack of data on people with disabilities which…

UMN wants to share with you Sunil’s story on World Day Against Child Labour.  Click here to find out how he got back to school. No more washing and cleaning in a restaurant. In Nepal, millions of…

Today is World Environment Day and this year’s focus is on beating air pollution. It’s a major challenge as air pollution has been identified as one of the most important health issues of our time, causing 1…