In my last post, I announced the start of the PCC funded "AI for Good Pilot Project" at the UMN office in Kathmandu (Thapathali). We have changed the name of the project to: "AI for Poverty Reduction in Rural...

Lora writing. I had this blog partially written when on Thursday night (Kathmandu time, only 48 hours ago) before I had a chance to finish and share it, I received a phone call that my mother, Gloria, had died....

Mitch writing. Elections were held in Nepal and everything went smoothly. Election day itself and the following days of vote counting were quite uneventful. The party that won biggest, in an unprecedented (for Nepal's short history of democracy) landslide,...

"Can AI help to alleviate poverty in the remote rural areas of Nepal where UMN works? Can it be used as a tool for good? A pilot project at UMN aims to begin to answer those questions. With the...

God is in the small things, the gentle things, the subtle things. I am reminded of this as I see our Funding Team leader, Bibhu Singh hold the hand of a woman who has had a hard life. She...

Lora writing. We returned to life as a family of four the first full week of January. It is quiet- which is lovely, a bit of a relief actually. Also, it is quiet which is lonely, a bit of...

As United Mission to Nepal's (UMN) representative, I recently attended a three-day "Regional Humanitarian Conference" in Bangkok, Thailand. Following the conclusion of the event, the organizers published a news release where they stated: "The event brought together 517 aid...

Gerry writing. I obtained my work visa on November 6, 2025 and the next day left for a visit to United Mission to Nepal’s Okhaldhunga Hospital with the chairman of UMN’s Board of Directors, Dr. David Rogers. He kindly...

Lora writing. So while Mitch wrote last weekend about many of the things that have been happening close to home, this post is about some of those things that are further afield. But we will start with one close...

Mitch writing. The festival of lights in Nepal, called Tihar is one of our favourite times of the year. The rain is clearing, the mountains are coming out and the city is so festive. Tihar, is very similar to...