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Ambassador Bodde in Town
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September 9,2015
Ambassador Bodde made sure to visit #Nepal‘s historical and cultural sites affected by the #NepalQuake and has made sure to use the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation to restore and protect what was damaged. He announced two Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) awards totalling $320,000. “For more than two decades, the U.S. embassy has supported efforts to mitigate the impact of natural disasters in Nepal, ” said Ambassador Bodde at the event. “These restoration initiatives in Kathmandu Durbar Square, and here in Patan Durbar Square, will help preserve some of the world’s most significant intact historic urban sites.”
source : US Embassy.Nepal