2012 has been a landmark year for reintegrating children in Umbrella – with 156 children reintegrated to date! Read all about re-integration – what it is, why we do it… More »
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As the youngest member of the Sagarmatha House family in Umbrella, Kopila is doted on by her sisters. And with a smile like that, it’s hard not to! Last week,… More »
Return to Rasuwa (November 2012) Sitting atop the bus to Rasuwa, I was full of emotions. It had been 18 months since I was there before volunteering in the… More »
Dashain Trip 2012 (October 2012) What a week to arrive in Nepal, smack down in the middle of Dashain! Many of the kids had gone back home to… More »
(from right): Fr Eanna, Stephen, Kian and Philip in our Kanchenjunga home, where they were volunteering (August 2012) by Stephen Gaffney This summer I and nine other students from Terenure… More »
A group shot of the Umbrella Youths graduation trip to Jhule (July 2012) All Umbrella Youths who had recently passed their School Leaving Certificate (SLC), thanks to the help of… More »
(July 2012) by Dolores McWeeney, volunteer from Ireland. I was part of the first group of volunteers for 2012 for the Umbrella Foundation. It was a fantastic experience and the… More »
Arjun Dhakal came to Umbrella a tired and fragile teenager, with his sick younger brother under his arm 5years ago after spending years on the streets of Kathmandu. With the… More »
