Tears streamed down Elana Papin's face as she heard the news that she and her three teenaged daughters will be able to rejoin the Walk 4 Justice.

"We did it," was all she could say as she struggled to regain her composure after getting news that an anonymous donor would help out.

The walk is to draw attention to hundreds of women - mostly aboriginal - who've disappeared or been killed across Canada.

Papin's sister, Georgina, was one of B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton's victims, and Elana felt it was essential Georgina be represented on the cross-country journey, which will wind up in Ottawa in September.

But things went haywire last week just west of Edmonton, when one of the support vehicles for the two-dozen walkers was involved in a collision, sending two participants to hospital. Meanwhile, Papin and her three daughters - Erica, 15, River, 14, and Summer, 13 - wanted to join in, but didn't have the cash to cover their food and lodging expenses for the two-month trek.