APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – The tragedy of the massive earthquake in Nepal is being felt all the way in the Fox Valley.
22-year-old Bimal Rajbhandari is one of four Nepali students at Lawrence University in Appleton. Rajbhandari says most of his immediate family in the capital of Kathmandu is okay, but did lose his grand aunt and a close friend in the quake.
Despite carrying a double major in math and developmental economics, Rajbhandari is also working feverishly on organizing several events on campus to raise money for the Red Cross.
“Everybody’s depressed, it’s so chaotic,” Rajbhandari told FOX 11. “But also, the great thing is, I have to say, I’m very proud of my countrymen right now, people could have been making use of a bad situation, to create havoc, to steal, but everyone is trying to help each other.”
He has established a Facebook page where he will post event information, once it’s planned. If you wish to contact Rajbhandari to help, you can email him here.
(Additional reporting from FOX 11).
