Nepal private bank contributes to UNHCR

Kathmandu, August 21: Nepal Investment Bank Limited (NIBL), a Nepalese private bank, has contributed Rs 640,000 towards UNHCR's Annual program for the exiled Bhutanese in eastern Nepal.

A statement by the refugee agency on Monday said this was a landmark in private sector support to Bhutanese in Nepal and a clear expression of the concern of NIBL to help a refugee population in need.

"This contribution will be used to fund primary educational needs of the refugee students in the camps," said country representative of the refugee agency Abraham Abraham. 

NIBL has expressed its interest to support UNHCR's noble cause of educating the exiled Bhutanese and this contribution was a part of the bank's corporate social responsibility.

The UN refugee agency provides protection and assistance to around 106,000 exiled Bhutanese who have been sheltering in seven camps in eastern Nepal since the early 1990's. Despite fifteen rounds of bilateral negotiations between the Bhutanese and Nepali governments not a Bhutanese has been allowed to return to Bhutan or avail of any other durable solutions. Bhutan News Service