social

17Jul

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Bangladesh, Noteworthy, Profiles

Abdul Hye, social activist

Abdul Hye, younger brother of Bangladesh’s President Abdul Hamid, died of coronavirus at a hospital in the city on July 17, 2020. He was 67. Abdul Hye, also a freedom fighter, breathed his last around 1:15 am at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka. Abdul Hye, also assistant personal secretary to President Abdul Hamid, tested positive for coronavirus on July 2 and the taken to the CMH. He had been on ventilation support from July 12 following deterioration of his health condition. Hye is survived by wife, one son, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death. Born in 1953 in Mithamain upazila of Kishoreganj district, Abdul Hye was a commander of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Shangshad, Mithamain. He was also former assistant profes...

20May

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Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Maurilia Cruz Aca, Social Worker

Maurilia Cruz Aca – a Social Worker at ISSSTE Hospital de Alta Especialidad, Veracruz, Mexico – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on May 20, 2020. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.

10May

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Germany, Noteworthy, Profiles

Johannes Beck, social ethicist

Johannes Beck SJ ‑ a German Jesuit and social ethicist – contracted Covid-19 and died due its complications on 9 May 2020. Beck joined the Jesuit order in 1948. After the theological training he received, on July 31, 1956 he was ordained at the St. Michael's Church in Munich. He was particularly involved in the worker and company pastoral care and campaigned for social justice and Catholic social teaching, in particular for the principle of solidarity in large industrial companies. Among other things, he served for many decades as a spiritual advisor to the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB). As the successor to Franz Prinz SJ, he headed the Werkgemeinschaft christischer Arbeiter in Munich. From 1979 to 1991, Beck was director of the "Social Seminar" at M&...

5May

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Canada, Neighbors, Profiles

Laurence Ménard, Social Worker

Laurence Ménard – a Social Worker at CLSC Drummond, Drummondville, Canada – passed away on 4 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Laurence was 33 years old. “On behalf of the APTS and in my personal name, I offer my condolences to the family and loved ones of Laurence Ménard . My thoughts go out to her work colleagues, particularly the APTS team from Mauricie and Center-du-Québec where she was a liaison, who have just lost one of their loved ones, ”said President Andrée Poirier. Source: Express Please help us in adding details.

3May

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Cathy Drouin, Social Worker

Cathy Drouin – a Social Worker at Palm Center, Chelmsford, Massachusetts – passed away on 27 April, 2020, after suffering rom COVID-19. Cathy was 69 years old. “She was always above and beyond in her job; she was never selfish,” said her husband of 42 years, Dennis Drouin. “She was always so caring, she never stopped, even when she got sick.” “She was a well-loved colleague of more than 20 years and the entire community is mourning her loss, along with many residents who were also taken by this terrible virus,” Feifer said in the statement. Source: Bostonglobe Please help us in adding details.

PK Kareem Haji, Businessman and social worker

30Apr

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High Profilers, India, Noteworthy, Profiles, United Arab Emirates

PK Kareem Haji, Businessman and social worker

PK Kareem Haji was a resident of UAE for over 40 years PK Kareem Haji, 62 ‑ a businessman in Abu Dhabi, former president of Abu Dhabi Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) and an active community worker with the Indian Islamic Centre, the Sunni Centre, among others ‑ died of complications from Covid-19 on April 30, his family confirmed to Gulf News. A native of Thiruvathra - (Thrissur District), Kerala, Haji was being treated at Abu Dhabi’s Burjeel Hospital. Haji is said to have been at the hospital for nearly 10 days before succumbing to Covid-19, reported GN’s Anjana Kumar He leaves behind a wife, and three sons, who are looking after his business. Haji's son, Mohammad Abdul Gafoor, confirmed his father died due to complications after contracting Covid-19. “My father was a...

14Apr

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Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Rosa Idalia Martínez, Social Worker

Rosa Idalia Martínez – a Social Worker at IMSS Hospital General de Zona No. 7, Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 14 April 2020. Source: La Prensa Please help us in adding details.

2Apr

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France, Medics, Noteworthy, Profiles

Dora Werzberg, nurse & social worker

Dora Werzberg Amelan, a French nurse and social worker, succumbed to Covid-19 on 1 April 2020. In 1942, she rescued Jewish children through Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE). She worked in the Camp de Rivesaltes and the Gurs internment camp, and took care of children who had survived the Nazi concentration camps. She died due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Werzberg was born in Strasbourg, the daughter of Karl Werzberg and Gisèla Blum, who were Jewish emigrants from Poland. The family moved to Antwerp when Werzberg was ten, and stayed until the death of her mother and the invasion of Belgium by Nazi Germany. She then joined a Zionist youth movement. Werzberg had two sisters, Manda, who died of sepsis in 1942, and Simone Be...

28Mar

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Lori Alioa, Healthcare Social Worker

Lori Alioa ‑ a Healthcare Social Worker in Ann Arbor, Michigan – passed away on 27 March,2020 due to COVID-19. She was 56 years old. Lori received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Michigan. She worked as a Social Worker at the VA Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Source: Thayer Rock Funeral Home Please help us in adding details.