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Introduction

Our purpose is to safeguard the extraordinary and threatened architectural heritage of the Kathmandu Valley. With seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites in its relatively tiny domain, the kathmandu Valley boasts a concentration and quality of architectural monuments and townscapes of significance to all humanity.

Unfortunately, development pressures are multiplying and threatened monuments far outpace available resources. The result is that important historical buildings are lost each month. The provision of modest funding could save them.

Over the last ten years, the Trust has rescued over a dozen significant monuments. Repair and restoration operations have initiated key training, research, and public advocacy programs and have established the first mechanism for private-sector support. Nepalese as well as international donors --- from Kansas to Kathmandu --- can now rally this significant cause.

The Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust is the only international non-government agency registered in the field of cultural heritage in Nepal. The Trust is based in the U.S. with full U.S. tax-deductible status.

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