With great sadness we announce the death of Peter Harwood, an ex-UMNer who made a tremendous contribution to UMN, and to Nepal. Peter and his wife Valerie came to Nepal in January 1993, as BMS workers seconded…

“It was a tough week of walking,” said Mark Galpin, UMN’s Executive Director, “but tremendously worthwhile.” Mark loves to get out and about; visiting clusters, meeting partners, talking with local villagers; these kinds of visits make the…

UMN’s Expat Retreat is a real treat – a time for UMN’s expats to get together, talk, laugh, learn and pray. For this year’s retreat, we all descended on the Chitwan Paradise Hotel. The retreat featured elephant…

Dear friends Once again, the Nepal Christian community invites us all to pray with them over 40 days this April and May, for the nation of Nepal and for its people. During this period, it would be…

A “little red book” for people working with churches on their response to HIV and AIDS? Yes, that’s right! UMN’s publication HIV and your community has really helped pastors and church leaders engage their churches with the…

It’s always nice to get some recognition for our work, particularly at a local level. On 11 March, the District Development Committee (DDC) of Rukum recognised United Mission to Nepal, Rukum Cluster, for its contribution to poverty…

On March 5, UMN celebrated its 59th birthday with the Thapathali staff at the garden.  The cake was big enough to hold another celebration – International Women’s Day which also falls in the same week, March 8.…

Visiting Dol Bhanjyang Higher Secondary School in Dhading was an eye-opening experience for five teachers from the Uggulum School in Sweden last week. In the Swedish curriculum, it says that every pupil shall acquire an understanding of…

After completing their one year internship programme in UMN, the 2012 group of interns graduated on January 31, 2013. They were an energetic group of young people willing to learn and to get involved. We would like…

“Interesting discussion and exploration of important ideas have made me think about church and community empowerment,” said Lajrash Tamang, one of the participants in a training on HIV and AIDS for Bible schools. A Bible college teacher,…