What we decided: Just over a year ago in September 2019, we publicly announced our plan to carefully wind down our operations in 2021. This was a difficult decision… More »
Hello to our dear friends and supporters, As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, particularly in neighbouring India, all of us here in Nepal are doing our… More »
In 2021… we will carefully wind down our operations. The Executive Team and the Board of Directors at The Umbrella Foundation in Ireland have spent the past year discussing the… More »
Have a read of our latest newsletter to see the activities and achievements of the past few months! Click here to read it.
Sem Gyalmo came to Umbrella in 2008 after being separated from her parents, and lived in Umbrella’s care until she was reintegrated back with her Aunt in 2012, in the… More »
This email was sent back to my friends and family after I spent a week in Humla in April of last year, returning seven children to their home district. It… More »
During the Dashain festival, myself and Travis took 18 boys from the Annapurna and Machhapuchere houses for a two-day trek between the cities of Panauti, Namo Buddha and Dhulikhel. After… More »
As we love and care for each and every one of the children here at Umbrella, we are always happy to see a child reintegrated back with their family. A number… More »
(November 2011) In June of this year, after two and a half years of dedicated service in Nepal, Amy Mulcahy and Conor Fox bid the Umbrella children and team farewell…. More »
Umbrella on Al Jeezera (November 2011) A documentary was shown on the Al Jeezera English language channel in October 2011 on illegal adoptions child trafficking in Nepal. This documentary featured… More »
Stephen, Conor and Amy with the Umbrella kids Stephen Going Home As my time with Umbrella in Nepal comes to an end there’s obviously a lot of mixed emotions. I’ll… More »
British School Trip and Volunteers have Talent (November 2011) On Saturday November 19th, the Umbrella children had a huge day of activities organized by our volunteers and the staff at… More »
(November 2011) In November, the Yishun Town Secondary (YTS) School from Singapore came to visit Umbrella. In September, the side wall of the Sagamartha playground had fallen over during heavy rains… More »
