An ally of Umbrella’s ever since Viva and Jacky assisted him find the seven trafficked children he was searching for, ‘Little Princes’ is Conor Grennan’s story of how a trip… More »
News tagged: Volunteering
Suman’s Triumph Having spent just over a week here working as a volunteer in Swoyambhu, Kathmandu with The Umbrella Foundation, I’m thrilled at how quickly all the boys in Machhapuchhre… More »
Gurje Community Health Service Centre In 2008 The Umbrella Foundation and our partners SolHimal France asked the poor rural communities of Gurje what were the biggest challenges facing them and… More »
The library which is situated underneath our Umbrella office at the Amadablam house is in need of some organising and brightening up. We have arranged to have new 2 new… More »
It’s another bright and sunny morning on the rooftop of the Machapuchre house. All the boys are on the roof already before I arrive at 6.00 am. Early morning is… More »
As the first few years of a child’s education are so important in laying the foundation for their attitudes towards learning and schooling we decided, with the help of the… More »
In 2007 Conor and Stephen started working with an orphanage called CVO in Gongabu. Through the kindness of families and friends back in Ireland they sponsored all of the living… More »
A 19 year old Umbrella youth, Sushil, from the Western district of Surkhet, has been working with Indian immigrant families the last year and a half along the banks of… More »