By: Gloria Katusiime  Children race across the dirt paved road to meet us. Their faces are streaked with dirt, their hair unkempt, but it’s their big smiles and laughter that grips me. I have just only arrived…
UMN and the International Nepal Fellowship (INF) jointly established Medical Supplies Department (MSD) as a project in Kathmandu in the late 80s to ensure supply of necessary medical equipment and drugs in a cost effective way to…
One of UMN’s Sunsari partners is Ramganj Yuba Club. The members are a delightful well educated group of people in their mid 30’s. Two years ago, they began working with the landless Musahar community by forming saving…
More and more Nepali children are becoming at risk due to the deteriorating political condition and broken homes. Currently, 41%* of Nepal’s population are under 16 years of age with 8,000 displaced by the armed conflict. UMN…
Deep Bahadur Bohora is a 16 year old school boy from Ruga VDC, Mugu. The only son in his family, he was born with a cleft lip and palate. As a child he had problems feeding himself…
No longer must women deliver in cow sheds. Through the work of the Traditional Birth Attendants people are changing traditional practices, and last year of 507 safe deliveries only 2 were in cow sheds compared with 100%…