Film artists team up with WHO to help earthquake victims

There were reports of individual film artists helping the earthquake victims. Now, they have teamed up with the health ministry and WHO to organize Health Awareness program. The program starting Saturday and running for three days in Kathmandu will cover Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur area. In the program, film artists will distribute relief materials and create awareness among the victims.

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In an initial estimate 75 film artists will participate in the program. The doctors will also be part of the program to help control epidemics and conduct vaccination. The film artist team will be led by the member of Film Development Board, Suresh Darpan Pokharel, Keshav Bhattarai and producer Baburam Dahal.

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Dhurmus, Suntali and other Nepali artists cut short their USA visit after earthquake

Because of the devastating earthquake of April 24, the Nepali artists currently in the USA for cultural shows are returning back on May 2. In a video, Sitaram Kattel (Dhurmus ) and Kunjana Ghimire (Suntali) have told that they are saddened by the crisis and they don’t feel like performing in the shows any more.

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They also announced that they are returning back with other members of the team including singer Pashupati Sharma, Pramod Kharal and Sangita Thapa Magar.

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