KVPT’s Patan Darbar Earthquake Response Campaign - Work to Date - September 2016

Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust
Mission
The Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT)
was founded in 1991 with the mission to safeguard the
extraordinary and threatened architectural heritage of
the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The negative impact of
today’s development pressures and the Valley’s seismic
activity pose a threat not only to individual monuments
but to the future of public space and urban life in the
valley at large.
Over the past quarter-century, KVPT has saved over
55 historic buildings including temples, step-wells,
monasteries, palaces, and homes, and has launched three
major campaigns for preservation on an urban scale.
KVPT collaborates with community groups, local and
international specialists, educational institutions, and
the Department of Archaeology of the Government of
Nepal. Restoration and conservation operations have
initiated key research and training programs, and the
KVPT office in Patan Darbar Square has become a
resource center for architecture and urbanism in Nepal.
Support
KVPT is the only international organization dedicated to
architectural preservation in the Kathmandu Valley, and
the only such agency registered with the Government of
Nepal’s Social Welfare Council. Each project is executed
by KVPT on a turn-key basis in close partnership with
the Department of Archaeology, the official agency for
cultural heritage preservation. KVPT is a registered
501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the United States,
and donations are fully U.S. tax-deductible.
Most of KVPT’s projects rely on a combination of local
and international funding including local community
groups, individuals, and businesses in Nepal alongside
international counterparts from Asia, Europe and the
United States.
KVPT Patan Darbar
Earthquake Response Campaign
See our website (kvptnepal.org) and
www.kvptearthquakeresponse.org for updates and
information about how to support ongoing efforts, or
contact us at:
KVPT – NEPAL
P.O. Box 13349
Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +977 1 55 46 055
Email: info@kvptnepal.org
KVPT – UNITED STATES
36 West 25th Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10010, USA
Phone: +1 212 727 0074
Email: info@kvptnepal.org
Meet our team
through photos and audio interviews at
www.kvptstories.org
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