For the last 20 years, Netra Prasad Bhatta has been working in various INGOs across Nepal in leading health programs including reproductive health, family planning and child health. Netra officially joined UMN on November 17 as a…
James Chinnery, Programmes Director of INF Nepal, is facilitating a workshop on ‘Managing Cross Culture’ for a group of Nepali and expatriate staff at UMN, Thapathali office. Today is the second, and the last day of the…
The UMN Board of Trustees meet this week on the 11th and 12th of November. A number of staff in the Thapathali office are very busy at this point getting things ready for the meeting. Pray for…
We thank God for a refreshing ‘Staff Bhetghat’ (staff gathering) event that took place last week on 28-29 October. All UMN staff came together for a wonderful time of fellowship. Some highlights of the event were: discussing…
The three-day UK Nepal Conference (1-3 October 2010), was jointly organised by INF UK and UMN at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire. Around 170 people attended this conference, including supporters and mission workers of INF…
The five day Micah Network regional conference on stewardship held in Thailand, concluded today on October 1. 8 UMN staff were privileged to attend, along with almost 100 others from a range of Micah Network organisations from…
AIN (Association of International NGOs in Nepal) organised a special candle lighting event to celebrate the International Day of Peace yesterday evening at Rani Pokhari – an ancient pond. Several INGOs working on Peace Building were present…
UMN Thapathali office staff have regular monthly Monday morning ‘tea in the garden’ time. An interesting half hour, where staff sip, munch and mingle around. In today’s tea, we had a brief presentation by Martin Butterworth, where…
Many UMN staff at the Thapathali office bought bundles of organic asparagus today to support and encourage a partner in Dhading. Micro Enterprise Programme with UMN partner CIRDS (Chandra Jyoti Integrated Rural Development Society) in Dhading,…
Over the past 4 months I have travelled to 6 of UMN’s clusters to facilitate a 2 day, basic level gender awareness training to UMN’s cluster based staff. This week I’m in Sunsari and will share the…
