Photo: RNZ / Sara Vui-Talitu
The Christchurch Foundation has announced how it will distribute $9 million donated to the victims of the mosque shootings.
It's just over eight months since a lone gunman killed 51 people at two mosques and wounded 40.
The Foundation is to pay $70 thousand to each of the widows and $25 thousand to those who were shot and injured, as well as establish several welfare funds to support victims.
Hamimah Tuyan lost her husband Zekeriya Tuyan in the Al Noor Mosque attack. The couple met in Singapore before moving to Christchurch five years ago to do her PhD at Canterbury University. Hamimah moved back to Singapore with their two young boys two years ago and her husband remained in New Zealand with his job in IT. They skyped every weekend, and met up twice a year as a family.
She tells Kathryn she and the other widows of the mosque attacks are eternally grateful for the support they've received from New Zealanders, including the money they'll receive from the Christchurch Foundation.
Zekeriya Tuyan who died on May 2, after being shot at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch Photo: supplied
