Time has come to say good bye to our 2015 batch interns as they have completed their productive tenure at UMN. It is indeed gratifying to witness both their successful professional and spiritual growth. Their participation in…
New edition of HIV and AIDS course books have been launched and introduced in four partner schools of Doti this month. Grade seven, eight, and nine students have been using these books as part of their extracurricular…
If you have been flying through Yeti airlines, you have also been an integral part of contributing for a social cause. Once again as a part of its corporate social responsibility Yeti airlines has donated a huge…
To bring a little joy to the children who would otherwise be pushed to the edge of the society, Nepal Disabled Protection Forum (NDPF), a UMN partner in Rukum, organised a scholarship distribution programme on 26 May.…
UMN has had two very special events recently. Lyn and Darryl Jackson’s farewell on 20 May and for Mark Galpin a week after that. Lyn was UMN’s Communications Director for the last 6 years and Darryl her…
Our friends from across the globe have come for the UMN General Assembly of 2016. UMN is holding its General Assembly at its headquarters in Kathmandu on 25 and 26 May. This is a wonderful opportunity for…
The Church of Scotland General Assembly in May 2015 listened to Rev. Ram Kumar Budhathoki from Nepal recount his horrific experience of the devastating earthquake of April 2015. Church of Scotland wanted to help. “We are very…
Phurba Wangchu Sherpa, 30 year old resident of Kachapu, Bhusinga VDC of Okhaldunga district will finally move in to his own home with his family. He was selected for the project initiated by Okhaldunga Community Hospital (OCH)…
A year ago, here in Nepal, the earth shook. People panicked, buildings fell, families were devastated, communities shattered. Like many other local and international organisations, UMN drew on all its resources and, supported by the international community,…
Living in a thatched housemay look romantic, but it is not by choice that poor families in Mainari village, Kapilvastu, do so. It’s because they have to. And sadly, disaster chases those who are already deprived and…
