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2011 Embassy Programs

  • Highlighting Cultural Preservation Projects in Nepal (December 7, 2011)

    Over the past 10 years, the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation has supported 11 projects across Nepal, including in the remote areas of Mustang and Pangboche. Department of State is proud to share Nepal’s cultural preservation projects with the world through this interactive project map (link to http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/afcp/nepal.html) 

  • US Embassy’s “WE LOVE NEPAL” Video Contest!

    The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce our ‘WE LOVE NEPAL’ Video Contest. Aspiring videographers – submit your own video to showcase what you love most about Nepal. The contest begins today, and runs through November 28, 2011. 

  • Embassy Remembers Daniel Pearl and Supports Jazzmandu (October 20, 2011)

    Ambassador Scott H. DeLisi hosted American band ‘The Cuban League’ for a special performance at his residence on Thursday evening. The concert, entitled “Harmony for Humanity,” was held in honor of Daniel Pearl, an American journalist and talented musician killed by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. The band’s style of Afro-Cuban jazz is new to Nepal, and their vibrant showmanship had guests from age 8 to 80 on their feet dancing and singing along. The Cuban League will perform as a part of the Jazzmandu music festival, co-sponsored by a grant from the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy, running now through October 25. 

  • Embassy Calls for Proposals for Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (October 19, 2011)

    Since its creation by the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation has provided financial support to more than 640 cultural preservation projects in more than 100 countries, including many in Nepal. This accomplishment, now 10 years in the making, represents a contribution of nearly $26 million towards the preservation of cultural heritage worldwide. 

  • Glaciers are Melting, and We’re Taking Action!

    The U.S. State Department, USAID, the Mountain Institute, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and other sponsors have kicked off an expedition to Imja Lake, a recently formed and potentially dangerous glacial lake near Mount Everest. This trek is the first step in a month-long program entitled “Adapting to a Changing Mountain World.”  

  • U.S. Embassy Kathmandu Commemorates Tenth Anniversary of September 11 (September 12, 2011)

    U.S. Embassy Kathmandu commemorated the tenth anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001 with activities throughout Nepal, including two ceremonies inside Kathmandu Valley. American citizens in Kathmandu joined members of Nepali civil society and embassy staff for Monday’s public program at Phora Durbar in Kathmandu’s city center. The event was designed both to remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks and to focus on the resilience of the American people and the international community in combating the threats of terrorism. 

  • Visiting American Speaker Educates Nepalese on Strengthening Prosecution of Human Trafficking Offenses (August 21-26, 2011)

    Visiting U.S. Speaker Dr. Robin N. Haarr, Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the Institute for Global Justice & Security at Eastern Kentucky University, visited Nepal to discuss human trafficking issues and the challenges associated with effectively building awareness, prevention, and prosecution programs. She met with more than 200 university-level students, their professors, I/NGO leaders, policy makers, media representatives, government officers and trafficked victims of Nepal. 

  • Nepal's Muslim Communities Learns More About American Muslims (July 25, 2011)

    As part of Public Affairs Kathmandu’s ongoing outreach program to Muslim communities in Nepal, Regional English Language Officer Fife MacDuff visited two remote madrassas in Bara District, approximately 30 km from the business center of Birgunj (approximately 100 km south of Kathmandu).  

  • RELO Conducts Workshop for English Teachers (July 24, 2011)

    Regional English Language Officer (RELO) Fife MacDuff gave a workshop in Birgunj (approximately 100 km south of Kathmandu) on “Submitting Articles for Publication in English Teaching Forum,” organized in collaboration with the local Nepal English Language teachers Association (NELTA) chapter.  

  • English Teaching By Radio: Targeting Predominantly Muslims Communities

    As part of Public Affairs Kathmandu’s ongoing outreach program to Muslim communities in Nepal, the U.S. Embassy-sponsored an ‘English by Radio’ program which targeted minority groups, predominantly Muslim communities, in the Terai. 

  • U.S. Media Law Expert Shares Views on Press Freedom in Nepal (August 1, 2011)

    A media law expert from the United States travelled to Nepal last week to share his views on the importance of a free press. Dr. Joseph Russomanno, an associate professor of media law at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, met with journalism professionals, government officials, broadcasting executives, and journalism students during the course of his 4-day visit. 

  • Outreach to Local Muslim Communities and Madrassas in Kapilvastu District (July 13, 2011)

    As part of an outreach program to Muslim communities in Nepal, U.S. Embassy Counselor for Public Affairs visited two madrassas and Muslim leaders in different rural locations in Kapilvastu District (approx 350 km south-west of the capital Kathmandu). 

  • Nepali Students and Intellectuals Learn About the U. S. Role in Nepal (July 12, 2011)

    As a part of the Public Affairs Section's ongoing Embassy speaker program, U.S. Embassy Counselor for Public Affairs Terry White gave a lecture at the talk program co-organized by the American Corner of Bhairahawa, approx 300 km south-west of the capital Kathmandu. Mr. White addressed an audience of 275 (including 150 females) about U.S. policy goals and how they have been reflected in the work of the U.S. Mission to Nepal over the past several years. 

  • Charimaya Tamang awarded 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award (June 27, 2011)

    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, hugs Charimaya Tamang of Nepal, a trafficking survivor herself, as she is awarded the 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award, Monday, June 27, 2011, during the release of the 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, at the State Department in Washington.  

  • Public Affairs Kathmandu Participates in College Exhibition (June 23 & 24, 2011)

    Public Affairs Kathmandu participated in the first Southwestern State College Science Exhibition and Career Management program in Kathmandu. Regional English Language Officer Fife McDuff presented the Principal Dr. Rajendra K.C. of the Southwestern State College with books on English Language at the inaugural session of the exhibition where students of more than 30 academic institutions of Kathmandu participated. 

  • High Level Visit Opens Dialogue with Nepal’s Muslim Communities (June 22 &23,2011)

    As part of Public Affairs Kathmandu’s outreach program to Muslim communities in Nepal, Counselor for Public Affairs Terry White visited madrassas in different locations in Kaski District, approximately 10 to 40km from the city center of Pokhara (approximately 200km west of the capital, Kathmandu).  

  • Public Affairs Kathmandu Screens Human Rights Documentaries to School Students (June 8, 2011)

    Public Affairs Kathmandu organized a film screening of Budrus an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village. Budrus shines a light on people who choose nonviolence to confront a threat.  

  • American Library Kathmandu Celebrates World Press Freedom Day (June 3, 2011)

    Public Affairs Kathmandu’s American Library screened Network to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. Public Affairs Officer Terry J. White welcomed the audience of library patrons and Embassy’s Facebook friends. He spoke about World Press Freedom day and then screened the movie which depicts the story of a longtime UBS-TV news anchor Howard Beale (Finch) who when fired, suffers a violent, on-air-breakdown. 

  • Ambassador Visits a Model School for Rural Youth (May 20, 2011)

    Ambassador DeLiSi and Mrs. DeLisi visited Jyotidaya Cooperative School located in Chapagaun, a village in the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley. The Ambassador spoke with both students and teaching staff, visited classrooms and toured the construction site of the new school building. Mr. Rameshwor Deshar, Principal and Mr. Shisir Khanal, Executive Director of Sarvodaya USA (which provides the funding to the school) provided brief remarks on the school, its mission, objectives and future plans. Jyotidaya School provides quality, affordable quality education to children from underprivileged and low income families and is Nepal’s only publicly managed cooperative school. 

  • Ambassador DeLisi and Public Affairs Kathmandu Visit Remote High School (May 07-15, 2011)

    The eight-member Embassy delegation hiked for five days to reach this remote site in Solu-Khumbu district, located at approx. 13,000 feet above sea level. Along the way, Ambassador Scott DeLisi visited Khumjung High School, which was established by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1961 and is about to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. 

  • U.S. Embassy Provides $83,500 to Restore Ancient Buddhist Monastery in Remote Everest Region (May 11, 2011)

    Ambassador Scott H. DeLisi and a U.S. Embassy delegation visited the site of Pangboche Monastery, a recipient of $83,500 in funding through the 2010 Ambassadors’ Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant. The delegation trekked approximately 50 miles on foot and by horse for five days to reach the site, which is located in Sagarmatha National Park near Mount Everest Base Camp at an elevation of 13,000 feet. Ambassador Delisi participated in a puja (ritual ceremony) to initiate the main restoration work of the ancient Monastery, which serves as the education center for Sherpas of Nepal.  

  • American Writers Inspire more than 1000 Nepali Youth and Writers (May 2, 2011)

    U.S. Embassy Kathmandu sponsored four prominent writers and a film maker from the U.S. through the University of Iowa’s International Writing program. During their visit, poet Bob Holman, fiction writer Joshua Ferris, poet Nathalie Handal, non-fiction writer and poet Christopher Merrill, and film maker Ram Devineni interacted directly with 1000 Nepali youth, students and writers in Kathmandu, through writing workshops, public performances, and lectures.  

  • Earth Day Photo Contest Winner Meets Ambassador DeLisi (April 28, 2011)

    The US Embassy congratulates Manogya Bhattarai, winner of the Earth Day Photo Contest. Out of 90 photos submitted, Mr. Bhattarai’s photo was one of 10 finalists selected to appear on the embassy’s Facebook page. Of those 10 finalists, Mr. Bhattarai’s stunning photograph was the overwhelming favorite of the embassy’s Facebook followers.  

  • Inauguration of AFCP Project ‘Preservation of 17th Century Water Architecture’ (April 4, 2011)

    Ambassador Scott H. DeLisi and German Ambassador Verena Grafin von Roedern jointly inaugurated the restored historic Tusha Hiti and Bhandarkhal Tank at the Patan Palace. Rehabilitation and preservation of this water architecture site was jointly funded by the German Government and through a grant of $86,700 dollars through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 

  • U.S. Embassy Earth Day Photo Display (March 28, 2011)

    April 22 is Earth Day, a time for nations around the world to celebrate the environment and assess the work needed to protect the natural gifts of our planet. In this spirit, the U.S. Embassy in Nepal invites Nepalis to submit digital photos that represent Earth Day in Nepal.  

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