There’s definitely a feeling of Christmas around UMN at the moment. At Thapathali, the Big Star is lit and hanging in the Reception area, and the flags and lights are being put up in the compound ready…
Art Refuge UK with Art Therapy Initiative ran a four-day Art Therapy workshop held at Staff College, Jawalakhel. The training was for professionals working in a variety of roles within the contexts of refugees, trafficking and community…
A truly fantastic time was had by all at the annual UMN Bhetghat (Gathering) at the Godavari Botanical Gardens last Thursday. The site was awash with blue T-shirts, as staff enjoyed fun and fellowship together. Sack races,…
Being Executive Director of UMN is not for the faint-hearted. Mark Galpin recently demonstrated his courage by leaping (well, stepping with encouragement) off a high platform and swinging across a very deep gorge in Nepal. As he…
UMN had a small celebration to mark Miriam Krantz’s 50th anniversary of arrival in Nepal on Friday, October 4, 2013. Miriam came to Nepal in 1963 and worked as a Dietician at Shanta Bhawan and then later,…
One of the major challenges facing many villages of Nepal is access to safe and adequate drinking water, and failure to do that, results in water borne diseases, safety and health hazards and loss of opportunities to…
UMN’s new Nepali phonics materials will help Nepali children learn to read, confidently and accurately, in just three months. Research in Nepal has shown that about 62% of the children in grade 3 still don’t know how…
Getting young people together is always an invigorating, if somewhat risky, experience – especially when they come from two different countries and five different faith traditions. Recently, UMN hosted 20 young people from Pakistan and Nepal for…
There’s a big McConkey-sized hole in UMN today. After a total of 27 years’ service in UMN, in two time blocks, the McConkeys have left their “second home” and returned to Northern Ireland. It’s impossible to itemize…
An unavoidable part of life in Kathmandu is the drone of generators. With load-shedding up to 16 hours a day at times, the only way to keep lights and computers going is by cranking up the generator,…
