November 16, 2024

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Online Application Unveiled To Aid Funeral Planning And Fundraising

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To ease the burden from bereaved families and individuals, an online application has been unveiled in Kenya to make funeral planning easier and convenient

Funeral arrangement while facing grief can be quite challenging. Fighting grief while trying to lay practical strategies and handling large number of similarly bereaved people isn’t any easy.

To ease the burden from bereaved families and individuals, an online application has been unveiled in Kenya to make funeral planning easier and convenient.

The application, Funderal is the brainchild of Cephas Ochich and Paul Juma. Funderal, is basically an online funeral fundraising tool but packed with other features that make funeral planning much more palatable.

The duo says Funderal is a combination of the words fund and funeral, and can accessedat www.funderal.com .

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Raising funeral funds online makes it easier to receive amount that would have been ignored due to distance, means of remittance, difficulties in remittance, among other factors.

While bringing the fundraiser to the well-wishers palms, the wide array of payment gateways and the capacity to remit even small amounts makes it possible for the funeral committee to raise more funds. Funderal.com does not take any commission but charges a modest amount to put up an obituary.

Funderal also features a list of funeral service providers, including the nearest mortuary, among others like coffin or casket makers, public address system companies, funeral planners, funeral homes, hearses and sellers of funeral paraphernalia. The platform has a shop to buy or book services direct.

For friends and relatives in diaspora, no problem.Funderal offers virtual funeral in which people can attend online from anywhere in the world. This tool also serves those who are within the country but seeks to avoid congestion due to communicable diseases like COVD-19.

Funderal has memorial pages to keep memoirs of our lost loved ones. Once the funeral ceremony is over, the obituary can easily be edited and converted to a memorial page to keep the memoirs of a loved one forever online. Privacy of access is set by memorial page administrators.

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On the obituary page, a funeral committee can run their deliberations privately and make all funeral planning without having to meet physically, adding precautions against the COVID-19.

Well-wishers can contribute, send flowers, sign condolence book, chat, watch videos, follow the funeral committee decisions, comment and finally attend the funeral.

There is also the event pages to announce any online or real life event that may be necessary while making funeral arrangements. This includes offline fundraisers, prayer masses, collective body viewing, family meetings and the final cremation or burial ceremony.

This tool will go a long way in helping families give better last respect and even in certain occasions avoid municipality mass burial. It works best for those who have lost loved ones having depleted funds on hefty medical bills or are still left with huge hospital bills after the departure of the loved one.