Nepal Investment bank's noble contribution for enriching the Central Zoo; decides to provide Rs 50 lakh  to National Trust for Nature Conservation to construct state-of-the-art educational audio-video facility inside the zoo

Nepal Investment Bank has decided to provide financial support of Rupees Fifty Lakhs to NTNC’s endeavor that will eventually enhance visitor’s learning experience and overall animal management in Central Zoo

Nepal Investment Bank, as a part of their ongoing corporate social responsibility strategy, partnered with local organizations for diverse outreach of its initiatives.

NIBL has collaborated with National Trust for Nature Conservation to support a novel proposition and volunteered to establish an educational audio-visual center in the only zoo in Nepal.

The Central zoo, on Falgun 7, 2075, witnessed an inaugural ceremony of “Field Marshall Sir John Chapple" Education Centre.

The ceremony was inaugurated by Mr. Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Honorable Minister for Forest & Environment and Chairman of National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC). Meanwhile, The British Ambassador to Nepal, HE Mr. Richard Morris represented Sir John Chapple. Further prominent attendees included Dr. B.N. Oli, Secretary, Ministry of Forest and Environment, Dr. Chiranjibi Prasad Pokhrel, Project Manager of NTNC, Central Zoo and Mr. Jyoti Prakash Pandey, CEO of Nepal Investment Bank Ltd.

Central zoo observed 1,159,114 visitors as of fiscal year 2016/17. The membership-based program ‘Friends of Zoo’ which is conservation education-related program for school children have a membership of about 80,000 students from 123 schools inside Kathmandu valley.

Given these data, Central zoo is keen on improvising existing tools of interactive media, audio-visual system, bio-facts and preserved specimen that would not only enhance the visitor experience but also prove to be an effective research tool.

The broad objective of the project, therefore, is to extend conservation message to a broader audience through wildlife biofact and information center and main objectives are to:

• Establish wildlife biofact center at Central zoo.
• Operate an educational audiovisual center for students, local communities and visitors. Strengthen the documentation of ‘conservation education’ of the central zoo.
• NIBL believes that learning experience can be enhanced with the use of technology, creating an interesting and interactive environment for children and also to gain knowledge about animals and their habitat.

This is an attempt to inculcate pro-conservation attitudes in children at an early stage beyond their classrooms.