Crowds pitch in to make difference

By Manika Dadson
Updated September 26 2015 - 10:58pm, first published 9:33pm

Launceston woman Piia Wirsu recently raised $23,000 for her Tas Nepal Rebuild project. The keen bushwalker travelled to Nepal in June to walk blankets, food and other supplies she had bought with the donated funds, into three villages that were affected by Nepal’s massive earthquake in April. The Sunday Examiner’s MANIKA DADSON spoke to Ms Wirsu about the trip and about how she is now helping others raise funds for their own initiatives.

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