| 3-11-2006 Photo Collection Democratic Republic of the Congo: saving lives, rebuilding livelihoods This gallery contains images and excerpts from a new ICRC photo exhibition that provides a fresh look at the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It depicts the central human concerns arising out of years of violence in which hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives, focusing on key issues such as child soldiers, sexual violence, health, water, economic security, helping abandoned communities, reuniting families and 'fighting right', and provides an overview of what the ICRC is doing to tackle these challenges.
Thierry Wenga, volunteer of the Congolese National Red Cross, delivering Red Cross messages on a bicycle in the suburbs of Moba, Katanga.
© ICRC / W. Lembryk / cd-e-00592
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Red Cross messages
Armed conflict often leads to a loss of contact between family members.
To remedy this situation, the ICRC sets up a network for the restoration of family links.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the ICRC helps to restore family links through its network. As communication services improved recently, the ICRC and the Congolese Red Cross message service focused on people who had no other means of contacting their relatives. The most frequently used medium for family news is the Red Cross message.
In the first half of 2006, 38,826 Red Cross messages were collected and 36,935 were delivered to family members.
Since 1998, over 1.5 million Red Cross messages were exchanged in the DRC, enabling thousands of people to re-establish and maintain contact with their loved ones.
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