Today Sophia has turned 32. The last birthday we celebrated with her in our midst was when she turned 21,

The Ugandan newspaper the Sunday (Daily) Monitor has published a full-page article on ten years without Sophia. The impact of

Yesterday, October 28th, meant ten years without Sophia for us. Ten years of intense grief and pain, despair, insecurity, frustration

Still missing after 10 years: Sophia Koetsier   On October 28, 2015, 21-year-old Dutch national Sophia Koetsier disappeared in Murchison

This weekend the online version of the English newspaper the Daily Mail published a lengthy article about Sophia’s mysterious disappearance,

This week the court case against Sophia’s tour guide has been withdrawn by the Directorate of Public Prosecution. He had

A police investigation showed that the tourguide/driver was not a certified tourguide when he took Sophia and her travel companions

In 2022 a new police investigaton into Sophia’s disappearance was launched in Uganda. It turned out to be quite underwhelming

Today, December 7th, Sophia turned 31 years old. Born at home, at 1.43pm, a beautiful baby with wide open eyes.

Oktober 28th, again. In 2015 it was a Wednesday. I remember that phone call so very well: ‘Sophia has been

Today Sophia turns 30 years old. It is the ninth birthday without gifts, without music, without a party, without happiness.

October 28th, the day Sophia disappeared, now eight years ago. A period of time that is hard to comprehend. It

This week the Dutch weekly ‘Libelle’ published an interview with me, Sophia’s mother, about Sophia’s mysterious disappearance and the impact

This weekend a long article about Sophia’s mysterious disappearance in Uganda appeared in the American online magazine The Daily Beast.

On Sunday December 11th Sophia’s TV portrait, as made by Dutch public television, was broadcast in Uganda at 10pm by

Today, December 7th of 2022, it is 29 years ago that Sophia was born, at home in Amsterdam. A lovely

The 28th day of October lies behind us again. It is the day that confronts us in full force with

A version with English subtitles of Sophia’s portrait in the Dutch TV programme ‘Break Free’ can now be watched here:

‘Break Free’ is a popular programme on Dutch Public Television about young adventurous Dutch people who travel to faraway countries

Today, December 7, 2021, it is 28 years ago that Sophia was born, at home in Amsterdam. The pain of

Amsterdam, December 3, 2021 A few days ago I returned from my 18th trip to Uganda. During my stay there

October 28, 2015, the day our lives fell apart and the worst and most unimaginable nightmare started. The phone call

August 30 was the International Day of the Disappeared. On this day there is worldwide attention for people who have

Today, December 7th, Sophia turns 27 years old. A girl goes missing. A piano stays silent. Lives in pieces. The

Amsterdam, 29 October, 2020 How we wished yesterday would have been a perfectly ordinary day. A normal day, with Sophia

With the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, and Deputy Ambassador of The Netherlands, Joris van Bommel On April 28 it

  Today it is 26 years ago that Sophia was born. A beautiful child that came into this world with

October 28, 2019, marks four years without Sophia. Our lovely, smart, strong-willed, lively, cheerful, ambitious and beautiful daughter and sister.

On July 5 I returned home from my tenth journey to Uganda. As with each of my journeys, new contacts

Early April an American tourist and her driver were abducted in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. This park is

Today is Sophia’s 25th birthday, her fourth birthday in incomprehensible absence. She was born at home, on an early Tuesday

Three years ago Sophia disappeared and the ongoing nightmare started. Three years of devastating insecurity, a daily confrontation with a

December 7, 2017 Sophia turns 24 today. Her third birthday in incomprehensible absence. Lights are always lit for her, in

It is August 30th, 2015 and Sophia is checking in for her journey to Uganda, a journey she has still

Amsterdam, November 16, 2016 On Friday October 28th, around eight o’clock in the evening Dutch time, it was a year

Dear All, It has been silent for a while. Despair sometimes wins the battle with hope but we keep trying

Dear all, The search team, lead by Frank van de Goot, has returned from Uganda. They have not found Sophia.