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Photographer: Fahim Ahamed Riyad
Title: Burial ground custodians along with volunteers of Al markazul Islami pray the janaza (funeral prayer for Muslim) of a Covid19 victim at taltola graveyard, khilgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Due to fear of covid19 no relatives or family members of the victim were present during janaza (funeral prayer for Muslim) and burial process. Al markazul islami is a volunteer team who has stepped forward in this situation and conducting funerals and burials of Covid-19 victims with dignity and love. Volunteers collect bodies from home of victims also from hospitals and perform the final rites of the dead including bathing of bodies, dressing them in shrouds, and offering funeral prayers all free of cost. To undertake this noble cause this team of volunteers have been keeping themselves away from their family for months and risking their lives to provide burials for the people with honour. ( This Project was funded by National Geographic Society )Open Call: The Guardian Project
It Ends With Love: In Bangladesh testing positive for the corona virus carries a great stigma. Many family members and relatives of those who pass away from Covid-19 do not even attend the funerals for the fear of being infected. Al markazul islami is a volunteer team who has stepped forward in this situation and conducting funerals and burials of Covid-19 victims with dignity and love. To undertake this noble cause this team of volunteers have been keeping themselves away from their family for months and risking their lives to provide burials for people with honor.
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