Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost half a million individuals have died due to the coronavirus, leaving families shocked and at a loss in a time of added uncertainty and confusion. In Egypt, the rapidly-infecting virus has also claimed the lives of over 1,500 individuals, threatening to affect more who are high-risk or at an older age, with a weakened immune system. As such, with governments and healthcare experts mobilized to take preventative measures at lessening economic woes and re-adjusting governmental policies, families have made to cope with sudden deaths, hasty burials and an absence of funerals. In order to support individuals and families who have experienced the loss of loved ones during the pandemic or during the year, One4AllEgypt Initiative is partnering up with Shezlong to provide an online and free “Grief and Bereavement session” on Zoom starting June 19. The first session is meant at assisting anyone who is grieving the loss of a friend, family member, co-worker, neighbour or any acquaintance who may have died during the year or due to COVID-19. Future sessions planned by One4AllEgypt are also intended at providing support to COVID-19…
Supporting Grief During the Pandemic: Shezlong, One4AllEgypt Are Hosting a Virtual Bereavement Session
June 18, 2020
