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Community Contacts for the Widowed, a self-help group in Toronto, offers individual and group counseling and volunteer work to widows. Beginning as a demonstration project funded by the provincial health ministry, the program became an independent charitable organization in 1976. Like many new self-help groups, the program employs peers who receive training in helping their clients by establishing a one-to-one supportive relationship. These peers, called widow contacts, also arrange group sessions and conduct community education on behalf of the program. Although reliance on a self-referral process limits the number of lower-class, immigrant, and other widows unwilling to reach out for help, since 1976 the program has helped more than 1500 women through their bereavement.
“多伦多丧偶者互助会”是多伦多的一个自助组织，为寡妇提供个人和团体咨询以及志愿工作机会。该项目最初是由省级卫生部资助的示范项目，1976年成为一个独立的慈善组织。和许多新的自助组织一样，该项目雇佣了一些同伴，这些同伴通过建立一对一的支持关系来接受帮助客户的培训。这些同伴被称为寡妇联络人，他们还安排团体会议，并代表该项目开展社区教育。尽管依靠自我推荐的方式限制了下层阶级、移民和其他不愿主动寻求帮助的寡妇的数量，但自1976年以来，该项目已经帮助了1500多名女性度过丧亲之痛。
