MEMPHIS, Tenn. — These students may still only be training to be doctors, but their actions in a short period of time helped save lives.
That’s because they were able to raise $3 thousand dollars for Nepal Earthquake relief in only six hours.
According to the news release, graduate research assistants Diwa Koirala, Sabina Ranjit and Bishwas Shrestha spent those six hours in the UTHSC General Education Building collecting donations and sharing the news they were hearing from their family members in their home country of Nepal.
“A friend and fellow Nepal citizen called me at 2 o’clock on Saturday night to tell me about the earthquake,” said Shrestha a third-year Ph.D. student. “My family is living outside now because there was some damage to our house, but a friend of mine who was just engaged to be married died when one of the buildings, a UNESCO World Heritage site, collapsed.”
“We are doing everything we can to keep in even closer touch with our families,” Hoirala, a third-year Ph.D. student said. ”We also want to thank the university community for everything they are doing to support the people of Nepal at this intensely difficult time. Every contribution really helps.”
The death toll from Saturday’s catastrophic earthquake in Nepal topped 5,200 Wednesday.
More than 10,000 were hurt.
The U.N. estimated that 2.8 million had lost their homes.
Now, the money that was collected by these passionate and caring students is in the hands of the American Red Cross, an organization that will work directly with those families who need it the most.
