A NEWPORT teenager raised more than £1,200 to help buy a headstone for her young cousin.
The Argus reported in June how Mibinti Webbe, 19, of Pill was holding the charity dance show at Pill Millennium Centre to help buy a headstone for her cousin Taiviann Alize McDonald Smith who was from Birmingham.
Taiviann died aged six in September 2009 from kidney disorder nephrotic syndrome which is when filters in the kidney leak an excessive amount of protein.
Miss Webbe, who volunteers at the Music Art Drama Dance Development 4 Kidz group at the Pill Millennium Centre, organised the dance show to help her family who have not yet been able to buy a headstone for Taiviann’s grave. The headstone is estimated to cost around £4,000.
Around 150 people turned up to the dance show helping to raise a total of £1,208.
Miss Webbe said: "I was really pleased with the event and want to thank everyone for their support as well as local businesses who donated raffle prizes."
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