KATHMANDU: Around 15 million rupees have been raised and sent to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund through the initiative of the Shree Pashupatinath Foundation, USA (SPFU) to support citizens affected by the Bhote Koshi flood.
SPFU is an organization of Non Resident Nepalis which is active in Southern California, USA.
The Foundation had mobilized contributions from more than 300 individuals and organizations, collectively raising USD 99,063.44 for flood relief.
After deducting bank and merchant processing fees of USD 1,189.01, the Foundation successfully disbursed the entire net amount of USD 97,874.43 to the Government of Nepal’s Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund, Foundation’s president Bimal Shrestha said.
At a programme held via Zoom with officials from the Nepali Embassy in Washington D.C., the foundation’s president, Shrestha, announced that the amount has been sent to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, in the presence of the foundation’s officials and representatives from various organizations.
The foundation stated that even while living abroad, helping the disaster-affected communities back in the homeland empathizing with them is an example of a Nepali’s patriotism, human compassion, and social responsibility.
Before this also, the foundation had helped out in relief and support programmes during the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.
The Foundation, established with the goal of preserving Nepali culture, heritage, and language worldwide while promoting Nepal’s identity as the land of Pashupatinath and Buddha, has moved forward with building a temple, a Buddha stupa, and an integrated cultural center in California.
Meanwhile, The Embassy of Nepal in Washington, D.C. has appreciated the Foundation’s efforts to bring together individuals and organizations for a common humanitarian purpose, saying such initiatives demonstrate the important role of diaspora organizations in supporting relief, recovery, and rehabilitation efforts and in strengthening the bonds between Nepalis living abroad and their homeland.
