BUSINESS BRIEFS: Etihad supports recycling initiative

KATHMANDU, April 2: Etihad Airways continued its corporate social responsibility program in Nepal by donating a large amount of its waste paper to support a recycling initiative led by Shanti Sewa Griha, a non-government organisation (NGO) providing shelter for the less privileged and fighting discrimination against leprosy patients.



Originally established in 1992 as a leprosy clinic, Shanti Sewa Griha has evolved into a sustainable community with a recycling operation that has residents collecting waste paper, pulping it into a mixture with sawdust, and fashioning it into briquettes that are then sold for heating and used for cooking food for the clinic´s patients said a press statement. [break]



“Etihad Airways is committed to active participation in causes that assist people and strengthen communities across its global network. In Nepal our efforts are focused on supporting communities to become self-sufficient,” Pawana Shrestha, country manager of Etihad, said in the statement. Etihad Airways had also supported two welfare organisations in Kathmandu last year as part of its CSR program in Nepal, added the statement.



Global IME, Unidos in remittance deal



KATHMANDU: Unidos Company Limited of Japan, which has worldwide remittance services, has signed an agreement with Global IME Bank for providing remittance service in Nepal. According to a press statement issued on Sunday, money sent from Japan can now be received from any 63 branches of Global IME bank and 2300 IME - Remit payout locations across Nepal. The agreement was signed by Ratna Raj Bajracharya, CEO of Global IME Bank and Yuichiro Kimoto, president of Unidos Company Japan. Global IME Bank has already established remittance business in Qatar, UAE, India and South Korea, added the statement.



173 students get CG scholarship



KATHMANDU: As part of corporate social responsibility of Chaudhary Group, Chaudhary Foundation on Sunday provided scholarship to 173 students who passed SLC examinations in 2012. CG has been providing scholarship for the past four years under its ´Gyan Uday Scholarship´ program. Binod Chaudhary, president and managing director of Chaudhary Group, handed over the scholarships, according to a statement issued by the group. Similarly, three best English, Science and Math teachers of 40 different schools where the scheme has been launched received Rs 7,000 each, said the statement.

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