Free · Multilingual · Source-Backed

A clearer path through what comes next.

Free, multilingual guidance for families after the loss of a loved one.

Clarvia is a Luxembourg non-profit building free, multilingual, source-backed bereavement guidance - starting in Luxembourg, designed for cross-border European realities.

For families, communes, social workers, professionals, volunteers, and public-interest funders.

Why Clarvia Exists

The Problem

Families are grieving, yet must make urgent administrative decisions. The information exists - but it is scattered, technical, and hard to act on at the worst possible moment.

“Families often describe the process as falling into a black box.”

40k+

People closely affected
each year in Luxembourg, based on annual deaths and close family contacts.

47%

Foreign national residents
navigating unfamiliar systems in a second language.

24h

To declare a death
at the commune - one of many urgent first steps.

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Language barriers make official processes harder for international families.
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Fragmented responsibilities across banks, insurers, employers, communes, and pension systems.

What Clarvia Does

Two Free Tools

Clarvia is developing two complementary tools - both free, both designed with dignity and privacy in mind.

Bereavement Checklist

Currently available in English, French, and German.

What to do first
Which documents to collect
Who to notify
When to seek professional advice

Heritage Folder

An optional, privacy-conscious space to preserve wishes, memories, documents, contacts, and practical information.

Source-Backed & Verifiable

How It Works

Clarvia Graph is the open knowledge engine behind the checklist.

Every checklist item follows a verifiable chain:

1

Official source

2

Archived snapshot

3

Extracted assertion

4

Structured rule

5

Checklist item

This means guidance can be validated, corrected, and reused by any public-interest service.

Privacy by Design

Checklist rules run locally in the browser, so sensitive family answers are never sent to Clarvia's servers.

Who We Are

Leadership

Clarvia is led by voluntary directors. Neither receives remuneration for their directorship.

Günther Schriver

Co-Founder & Director

Former Director of Berlin Red Cross, CEO Anderson Holding AG; 25+ years in healthcare & social services.

“Access to clear support during life's hardest moments should not be a privilege.”

Tommi Lindfors

Co-Founder & Director

Fintech automation operator; founder of Bifin Sàrl; board experience across 6 countries; based in Luxembourg.

“No family should have to navigate the bureaucracy of grief alone.”

Get Involved

Help verify sources, translate, test checklists, improve accessibility, or contribute on GitHub. No coding required: clarvia.org/en/contact

Built in the Open

Trust, Transparency & Public Review

All of Clarvia's code, data, and methodology are publicly available. Every piece of guidance traces back to official sources and is open to review.

TSC Real Estate - Early Supporter

“Clarvia's mission - making essential post-bereavement information accessible, structured and free - is clearly in the public interest.”

Open source: EUPL-1.2 · CC-BY-4.0

Public review: GitHub repositories · Zenodo DOI

Quality signals: FAIR Software · OpenSSF Best Practices

Recognised through nonprofit programmes:
GitHub for Nonprofits · Google for Nonprofits · Goodstack