Kathmandu, Mar. 3: The People’s Volunteers Nepal today launched the programme of collecting donations for the families affected by the Maoist insurgency.

Under the programme, a procession which began from Ratna Park today went past Ason, Thamel, Chhetrapati, New Road, etc and collected donations.

The first phase programme held under the leadership of director general of the People’s Volunteers Nepal Pradip Nepal, Dr. Mangal Siddhi Manandhar and Asta Laxmi Shakya collected cash and cloths worth Rs. 197,000 from Tibetian Wool Crafts.

According to Mr. Nepal, donations thus collected will be distributed to the victims in a transparent manner and the programme will continue till March .