SCB Organises Nepal Walkathon 2016

November 28: Standard Chartered Bank Nepal (SCB) has conducted a fund raising event on 26 November, Walkathon 2016 – 'A walk for a brighter tomorrow'. The walkathon was participated by employees, clients & customers, partner organizations event including Maiti Nepal and various other stakeholders. The event which was attended by nearly 400 people, started from the bank’s head office at Naya Baneshwor and ended at the branch office in Lazimpat.

Issuing a press statement, the bank informed that the walkathon is its initiative to raise funds in partnership with its stakeholders to increase awareness amongst the public on the subject of avoidable blindness and an effort to reduce stigma and encourage the visually challenged people. The funds raised from the event will go towards the Bank’s ‘Seeing is Believing’ initiative through which eye and eye care services are being continued.

According to the statement, under the bank’s Seeing is Believing program, financial support of USD 1 Million was received by Biratnagar Eye Hosptial for project expansion.  Similarly, the bank extended additional financial support of USD 1 million to Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology for funding their major expansion project covering Bhaktapur and Nuwakot districts under the same program.  

Tara Management was the main Sponsor whereas National Insurance and Viswakarma Cement were the Sponsors of Walkathon 2016 event.