In times of the pandemic raising funds for burial is essential to help minority Muslim communities. Just we have seen the numbers of deaths of Bangladeshis in Britain had risen, so was the demand to raise funds for burial for those who passed away. For those who are less fortunate such as households in low income and with no recourse to public funds, they rely on donations from organisations that Yousuf Khan works for. Yousuf works as a funeral funds manager at 13 Rivers Trust, a charity that helps fund Muslim burial. Covid has made raising funds for Muslim Bangladeshi communities crucial because if you have no savings, it's impossible to pay for burial costs. ‘So since last April, till now, we carried out around 125 burials for region... Most of them don't have a family, or they have partial family relatives or it would be with two young children, wife and the husband passed away. So the wife is not earning, they don't have mo...
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