Over €34,000 raised for family of 11-year-old stabbed to death in Nieuwegein

The community has come together

After the tragic stabbing of an 11-year-old girl in Nieuwegein in the province of Utrecht last week, parents at the victim’s school took action.

They organised a fundraising campaign to help her parents with repatriation and funeral costs. The campaign has already reached its first goal of €32,500.

Out of nowhere

Last Saturday, February 1, 11-year-old Sohani was stabbed to death while playing in the street in Nieuwegein. The crime took place in broad daylight and seemingly came out of nowhere.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested, but his motive and whether he had any relation to the victim is still unknown.

The funeral

Sohani’s family is originally from Eritrea, so they wish to organise her funeral there. That, of course, costs money.

The close-knit Eritrean community has offered to initially advance the costs of the funeral, but the parents would have to pay it back eventually.

The parents at Sohani’s school, Tweeklank, launched the fundraiser to help her family with these costs.

“That is an amount that they cannot pay alone, and that is why we are helping,” Sander Kaldenhoven, one of the initiators of the campaign, tells RTL Nieuws.

Exceeding the goal

The goal was set at €32,500 and has already been exceeded — currently, the amount raised stands at €34,000.

“We initially made the target amount flexible according to the advice of GoFundMe to keep it feasible,” explain the Tweeklank parents on the fundraising platform, “but the generosity has exceeded our expectations.”

Because of this, they’ve also now set a maximum amount.

If you would like to donate to the campaign, the fundraiser is still open.

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Lina Leskovec
Lina Leskovec
Lina moved from Slovenia to the Netherlands in 2021. Three years in Amsterdam got her a Bachelor’s in Political Science and made her an advocate for biking in the rain. Her main expertise include getting the most out of her Museumkaart purchase and finding the best coffee spots in Amsterdam.

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