(January 2012) The annual Umbrella Christmas Cup was held, with Nepali time taken into consideration, on Saturday Jan 7th 2012. The football tournament, between the girls and boys of Umbrella, was… More »
News tagged: Volunteering
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 »
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 »
2011 saw the release of Conor Grennan’s book: ‘Little Princes.’ This non-fiction book beautifully describes Conor’s experiences in Nepal 5 years ago, when he first volunteered in Kathmandu. Conor didn’t… More »
(August 2011) Did you know that The Umbrella Foundation now has a Facebook and Twitter page? Just search for “The Umbrella Foundation” within Facebook or Twitter and we will pop… More »
Irish Rugby Player and Umbrella’s Patron, Jamie Heaslip, volunteers with The Umbrella Foundation Nepal in June 2011. Day 1 We showed the children some footage of Jamie in action so that… More »