A special Christmas programme was held on December 18 at UMN garden in Thapathali. It was a lovely time to be out in the warm sun listening to the choir and sing carols.  Gifts to staff children…

NCDWS, (Nepal Chelibeti Disable Women Society) UMN partner in Sunsari organised a-one-day interaction programme on December 3 which is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This programme also included the ongoing 16-day campaign on gender violence.…

Fi McLachlan and her husband Mark are back from their trip to Rukum.  Fi was in Nepal for UMN’s board meeting which was on the 16th and 17th of November. While they were in Rukum they stayed…

It is with great sorrow that we advise you that our dear friend Mary Martin passed away on Monday 20 October at her home in Grande Prairie, Canada.  Mary came to UMN in 2000 and served first…

Congratulations to Bibhu Singh, Funding Team Leader, who has just been awarded her Masters of Arts in Organisational Leadership after 7 years of study. Bibhu was supported by UMN and the Methodist Church in Britain. Bibhu says:…

The interactive participation of around 150 people contributed to a good conclusion for the UMN/INF Conference in Swanwick, Derbyshire, UK, on 22nd September. We all celebrated UMN’s birthday with a welcome video message from Mark. The documentary…

March 5th 1954 marks the birthday of UMN – but Sept. 22nd is UMN’s second birthday. In March 1954, officers were appointed with the task of inviting mission agencies all over the world to join UMN.    In…

International Literacy Day was celebrated at Tundikhel in an event organised by the Education Resource Centre and attended by the Minister of Education. There was a singing competition on the theme of literacy. In 1954, when UMN…

While Nepal’s farmers depend on the monsoon for rain for the rice crop, they also know – and fear – the destruction that it can bring. The steep, unstable Himalayan slopes, weakened by drenching rain, can collapse…

Sloshing about over the ankles in sticky black mud collecting baskets full of rubbish is not everyone’s idea of a good time! It was hot, smelly and very dirty work, but the 17 UMN staff members who…