Today marks 40 days since nine-year-old JLayna Armstrong was murdered, and while the pain of her loss still hangs heavily over her family, they are determined to ensure her memory lives on through love, service and hope.

Now, through a foundation launched in her honour, JLayna’s loved ones are hoping the country remembers her not for the tragedy that took her life but for the joy, kindness and dreams she carried during her short life.

Her mother Shahna Clement-Muhammad said, “When it is that time come, the impact that we are going to make here, when it is you search Jlayna Armstrong, you’re not going to see the Lady Young. You’re not going to see tragedy. You’re going to see what she did in her nine years.”