By Associated Press - Monday, May 4, 2015

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska at Kearney students have raised more than $4,500 for earthquake relief in Nepal.

The Kearney Hub reports (https://bit.ly/1Qg8tbx ) seven students who are members of the Nepalese Student Association at Kearney led a fundraising effort last week that ended in a Friday candlelight vigil.

Graduate student Anjana Prasain says about $4,700 has been raised so far and that total is expected to grow.



She calls the response “totally amazing.”

The money will go toward helping rural areas hit hard by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25, killing more than 7,000 people.

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Information from: Kearney Hub, https://www.kearneyhub.com/

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