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Jensen Huang donates $10 million for Nepal disaster relief as finance minister urges others to follow

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang personally donated $10 million to Nepal’s prime ministerial disaster relief fund after devastating floods.
  • Nepal’s finance minister Swarnim Wagle said the contribution brought the fund’s total above 10 billion Nepalese rupees.
  • Officials said the floods had killed 1,280 people and left 5,624 missing as of Sept. 4, according to Nepal’s disaster management authority.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has donated $10 million to Nepal’s prime ministerial disaster relief fund after devastating floods struck the country.

The donation, worth about NT$320 million, will support reconstruction in affected areas and help residents cope with the disaster. The floods near Nepal’s border with China’s Tibet region have caused heavy casualties.

Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported that the death toll had reached 1,280 as of Sept. 4, while 5,624 people remained missing.

Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle confirmed the donation in a video thanking Huang on behalf of the Nepalese government. “By any charitable standard, this is a highly substantial donation, and it is equally meaningful to us. We hope this good deed will encourage more people to support post-disaster recovery,” Wagle said.

Wagle added that contributions to the prime minister’s disaster relief fund had surpassed 10 billion Nepalese rupees, or about NT$2.1 billion, after Huang’s donation.

By any charitable standard, this is a highly substantial donation, and it is equally meaningful to us. We hope this good deed will encourage more people to support post-disaster recovery.

· Swarnim WagleNepal’s finance minister thanked Jensen Huang and appealed for further support.
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