Selamawit Alem's friends fundraise for her funeral, sister's flight
Goal is to raise $18,000
Friends of one of Calgary's most recent homicide victims are looking to the public for help in covering the costs of aplane trip from East Africa and funeral expensesthrough a gofundme.com site.
Selamawit Alem, 54, was killedearlier in Octoberalong with one of her clients, 25-year-old Julie Tran.
Alem was a professional caregiver wholookedafter people with disabilities in her home.
"Selama was a kind, beautiful soul and had a passion for music," reads part of the gofundme.com site.
Alem's son was murdered a decade ago and she has survived two bouts of cancer.
With no immediate family in Canada, her friends decided to takecare of her funeraland the reconditioning of her home.
An $8,400 donation from the Eritrean Community has the group nearly to the halfway point of its $18,000 goal.