Nepal Investment Bank handovers wheelchairs to Sangha base Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center
NIBL, as part of its CSR initiative, handed over 13 wheelchairs to Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center (SIRC), a non for profit organization in Sangha, Kavre. On behalf of the bank, Rabin Sijapati, DGM distributed the wheelchairs to the patients at the program held in Kavre. “We have endeavored to support victims of spinal injury and this will be a continuous effort”, said Mr.Sijapati.
“One of our major challenges is also in providing the patients wheelchairs, as 95% of them are paraplegic, we have an annual requirement of 300 wheelchairs; which we try to meet through our supporters, locals and int’l donors, stated the Chairman of SIRC, Prachanda Shrestha. He also thanked NIBL for the support.
NIBL has more than 8.7 lakhs customer base catered from its 77 branches, 7 extension counters across the country. NIBL has a network of 102 ATMs and leads a consortium 14 Visa Associate banks and 7 NPN member banks. There are almost 1.5 million cards issued by its network, along with 790 ATMs and 2,597 POS terminals.
NIBL recently received the “Nepal’s best bank” award from Euromoney Awards for Excellence -2018. It is the only bank in the country to have received the “Bank of the Year Award” five times from Financial Times Group’s The Banker, a UK based Bank magazine and has received a credit rating [ICRANP-IR] A+ from ICRA Nepal (International Credit Rating Agency- Nepal).