THE Moruya-based Asha Foundation has raised $80,000 internationally to help rebuild villages in Nepal destroyed by earthquakes that ravaged the country in April.
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A new school will be built at the foundation’s education village, Bhadratar, 60 kilometres north of Kath-mandu from dona-tions that came from as far as the United States.
Fundraising events have been held throughout Australia, and many people got on the bandwagon through social media.
One man donated all the profits from his market stall in Ballarat.
Last year, St Ber-nard’s Primary School students in Batehaven started a penpal program with the Bhadratar students and created a series of pictures for them.
Asha Foundation committee member Mel Meeks carried the the messages with her on a trip to Nepal on June 16.
