Michaël Van Droogenbroeck (44) regularly assists in the funeral home: “You won’t find that gratitude anywhere else”

Funeral assistant has recently been added to the list of shortage professions. But VRT journalist Michaël Van Droogenbroeck (44) already dreamed about a job as a funeral director as a child. He regularly assists in a local funeral home and talks farewell ceremonies together. “You can learn to lay out, but the moment the family sees their loved one again is much more touching.”

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