A benefit dinner held by the Estonian president at the Seaplane Harbor on Monday evening raised 17,000 euros to support the education of the children of Estonian soldiers who have been killed or seriously wounded.
Estonia is today observing its first official Veterans Day.
The Carolin Illenzeer Fund is named after the daughter of Arre Illenzeer, a senior warrant officer who was killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004, ETV reported. Illenzeer only saw his daughter once, just after her birth, when he came to Estonia for vacation in the summer of 2004. The fund currently supports 45 children.
"[The fund] has a symbolic meaning. It shows the growing strength of Estonian civil society, that we care for and notice each other. Knowing that society cares for its soldiers and their families, knowing that if something happens no one will be left alone, that children will be helped to attain a good education - that gives security to those who have made defending Estonia their profession," said President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at the event.
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