Nabil Bank Limited has launched the ‘Nabil Clean Drinking Water Campaign’ on the occasion of World Water Day. The bank’s Chairman, Nirvana Chaudhary, inaugurated the campaign digitally on Sunday across 123 schools.
Chaudhary mentioned that the campaign provides pure drinking water to children studying in schools, ensuring a healthy and safe environment for them. “Through the campaign initiated by Nabil Bank, we have succeeded in providing pure drinking water to more than one lakh students across 123 schools so far,” said Chairman Chaudhary, “We are proud to operate this project, and in the coming days, this campaign will be operated and expanded more effectively.”
The campaign, launched under the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility, focuses on improving student health, promoting sanitation, and ensuring sustainable access to drinking water. The bank stated that it has been operating the campaign with the objective of managing pure drinking water in government and community schools.
This campaign is being operated in all seven provinces of the country. According to the bank, under the campaign, pure drinking water has been managed in eight schools in Koshi Province, 16 in Madhesh Province, nine in Bagmati Province, 10 in Gandaki Province, 36 in Lumbini Province, 15 in Karnali Province, and 29 in Sudurpaschim Province. Smart Water has provided technical support for this campaign.
Access to clean and safe drinking water in Nepali schools remains a major challenge. According to Nepal Government data, while about 98 percent of schools have access to drinking water, about 68 percent of those schools lack a water purification system. To address this problem, Nabil Bank stated that it has been operating the school sanitation and hygiene program as a top priority.
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