Tijn, little kid – big time hero, has passed away

The six-year old Tijn, known for stealing the hearts of the entire country last year when starting a ‘nailpaintinginitiave last year, has just passed away after suffering from brain stem cancer – this has just been announced by his mother.

Go to Youtube for English subtitles:
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Last year Tijn started a nailpainting-initiative at the ‘Glass house’ of Serious Request, this time it was in Breda where a few DJ’s sit, fast for a few days and bring awareness/raise funds for a certain plight. In came little Tijn with his dad, starting to paint the nails of people in order to raise money for the treatment of brain stem cancer. Not for himself, but for others. Quickly the whole country was swept up and painting their nails and raising money and Tijn became a national hero. Yesterday it was announced that the goal of raising 1 million in funds was made.

 

 

 
Abuzer van Leeuwen 🇳🇱
Abuzer van Leeuwen 🇳🇱http://www.abuzervanleeuwen.nl
Abuzer founded DutchReview a decade ago because he thought expats needed it and wanted to make amends for the Dutch cuisine. He has a Masters in Political Science and IT but somewhere always wanted to study history or good old football. He also a mortgage in the Netherlands and will happily tell you too how to get one. Born and raised in Rotterdam, Abuzer now lives in Leiden but is always longing back to his own international year in Italy.

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