Help bring beloved Erick's body back to Kenya. Erick was an International PhD student at the University of Oregon whose life was tragically cut short by a speeding motorist. His ailing parents need to see him one last time and every little helps. Funds will support Erick's family towards the costs associated with repatriation and burial in Kenya.

Eric was a beautiful, full of life, hardworking, life-of-the-party with a ready smile and always active. If not in class or the library, Erick was somewhere jogging, doing marathons in Eugene or on his bike. He passed away while engaged in what he loved to do: biking.

This fundraiser will help repatriate his body, pay for family members accompanying the body and any local expenses of transfer and interment in Kenya. All monies will be used for this end and any balances will be turned over to his family in Kenya for possible legal fees in the fatal accident case that claimed his life.

The cost of legal representation in the wrongful death case that the family anticipates to pursue can be costly due Attorney’s fee, Court filing fees, Costs of expert witnesses and depositions, Other case-related expenses advanced by the law firm and the cost of family travel to and from the US. We have increased the target in anticipation and are so grateful for the community's overwhelming response and support