A mother is reunited with her son in Liberia after three years of separation – In times of armed conflict, children separated from their families are often the most vulnerable to abuse and neglect. Reunification with family members is therefore an essential element in ensuring their protection. After the peace agreement was signed in 2005, 80 percent of the estimated 300,000 displaced people had left the camps where they were staying to return home to Liberia. The ICRC's priority at that time was to provide support to the significant numbers of refugees returning spontaneously to Liberia and the even larger numbers of IDPs going back to their places of origin. In addition to reuniting displaced children with their families, the ICRC's present activities in Liberia include collecting and delivering Red Cross messages, distributing seed, tools and essential household items to families, rebuilding and equipping health-care facilities and repairing wells to provide safe drinking water.