200 employees of Nepal Lever donated a day's salary and wages towards eathquake relief in Gujarat to the charge d'affaires of the Indian Embassy, Ashok Kumar, on 5 February. This contribution exceeds the significant corporate contributions of the company. The employees, all Nepali citizens, work at Nepal Lever's manufacturing operations in Hetauda.
Nepal Lever was set up in collaboration with Unilever, which has 2,000 Nepali shareholders. Unilever's Indian subsidiary Hindustan Lever's manufacturing units in Kandla have suffered some damage and employees have been dislocated. Unilever and Hindustan Lever are also undertaking relief work in Gujarat.