WILLEMSTAD - A petition is being circulated on Facebook to make a donation for the victims of the police check at Marnix College. Organization 'The Forgotten Child Caribbean Organization' has set up this fundraiser, using a video that was posted by a local media in which one of the victims was interviewed. The newspaper reports that the use of the video was done without their knowledge or consent.
There are two names that come up on the page 'The Forgotten Child': Johannah Oudenalder and Naftalie Francisca. Oudenalder organizes the suspicious fundraising campaign in the name of Francisca. The fundraiser uses GoFundMe's system and reports that their goal is to raise $25,000. It is remarkable that the page 'The Forgotten Child Caribbean Organization' has only been available since September 20, 2021.
The description of the purpose of the fundraiser contains several untruths. The description says that "the school board of Marnix Cas Cora was contacted to see if it was possible with the parents and the students' permission to have a conversation with the students who had to go through this ridiculous drug control. We were given the opportunity to talk to two students about the preventive drug control that had taken place."
However, the school has indicated that they are not aware of this action and that they have never been contacted. Maghalie van der Bunt-George, director of the VPCO, has filed a complaint with the police in response to the suspicious collection campaign and the falsehoods expressed.
What is also important to report is that the real organization 'Het Vergeten Kind' is separate from this action. On the official page of the real foundation, and within the organization, the above two names are completely unknown, as is the fundraising campaign for the victims of Marnix College.