SolHimal-Umbrella Preschool

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
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Gurje Is the Place to Be

Everyone knows that it is the ultimate goal of Umbrella to move the majority of the children to Gurje. This is a fact that has not escaped the children's atten
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Viva and Jacky's History with Umbrella

For our recent subscribers to the newsletter an introduction to the great work of Viva and Jacky is definitely in order.

Viva Bell c
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In April two young Dutch psychology students, Irene and Inger, arrived with great ambitions to help Umbrella. No one could have told us then what these girls were capable of w
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Nepal has become a hot spot for tourists. Some come to trek in the Himalayas with dreams of summiting Everest and some come for the laid back Buddhist atmosphere of Lumbini, b
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In a country rubbish collection is substituted with local bomb-fires, with no recycling facilities more sophisticated than the child rag pickers and where a 'carbon foot print
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Umbrella has always relied on the dedication and efforts of their volunteers. While volunteers can be of great help in the office, in construction in Gurje or in the improving
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Saturday is the only day in the week that the children do not have school. As Umbrella puts such an emphasis on education during the week we try to make Saturdays an extra spe
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A 19 year old Umbrella child, Sushil, from the Western district of Surkhet, has been working with Indian immigrant families the last year and a half along the banks of the fil
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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 livin
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SolHimal have been running work camps in Nepal for the past eight years in places like Timure where SolHimal give huge support to the community.



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Although we love and care for each and every one of the children here at SolHimal-Umbrella we are always happy to see a child reunited with their
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