The family of the Kenyan nurse, Hellen Wendy Nyabuto, who drowned in Toronto's capital Ontario in Canada while livestreaming her swimming session has appealed for aid to fly her body back home.

John Nyabuto, her father, says the family is still grappling with the tragedy but are unable to raise funds to fly her body back home so that they can accord Hellen a proper final send-off.

“I have cried all through since I got the sad information. Her friends have been calling explaining what happened. I’m wondering how the body will get back to Kenya,” Nyabuto told a Kenyan newspaper.

He added, “I have lost my daughter and there is nothing I can do. I don’t know the cost of transporting the body back home, the pain is too much. I request for help.”


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According to her Facebook profile, Hellen studied oncology nursing at Pwani University in Kenya before leaving Kenya to further her studies at the Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada.

“She was my only hope. I educated her through difficult means,” Nyabuto added in the interview.

John Nyabuto.

Hellen Wendy Nyabuto, who worked as a nurse in Toronto, was captured in the livestream having a good time in the pool on Thursday afternoon while chatting with her friends online.

Wendy, 24, is seen in the video taking dives into the swimming pool excitedly while taking regular breaks to live-chat with her friends on Facebook who were tuned in to her session.


However, Trouble started around 11 minutes into the stream when she strayed to the deep end of the swimming pool and then started struggling while screaming frantically for help.

Wendy, who did not seem to be a good swimmer, continued kicking and calling out for help for the next minute to no avail as she drifted away from the view of the recording device.


From the bizarre video recording, the poor young woman struggled until the sounds of her voice calling out for help and the splashing sounds faded and the water then went still.

Her lifeless body was later discovered by two Caucasian men who had come to swim in the pool in Ontario three hours later as the device continued recording the tragic incident.


Nyabuto says her daughter moved to Canada in 2019 after bagging a 10-year study visa through the Green Card lottery and was working as a part-time nurse while studying.

“I was happy she had gone to Canada and could assist me in educating her other siblings,” he added.

Hellen’s body was moved to Toronto mortuary to await a postmortem after it was retrieved from the swimming pool reported to be only a short distance from where she worked.