• Chad, Sahr, January 2014. Working closely with the Red Cross of Chad, the ICRC has set up a system for people who have fled the CAR to make free telephone calls.
    • Chad, Sahr, January 2014. Working closely with the Red Cross of Chad, the ICRC has set up a system for people who have fled the CAR to make free telephone calls. “Some children know a phone number by heart and can call their families as soon as they arrive,” said Barnabas Lapaix, in charge of restoring family links activities for the ICRC. “But a lot of them aren’t used to using mobile phones and we have to show them how. Also, because the network is poor, they sometimes have to call several times. That takes time but everyone patiently waits their turn.”
      © ICRC / Ngabohl / td-e-00628
  • Chad, Sahr, January 2014. Displaced people in Sahr transit camp call their families for the first time since their arrival in Chad. Since 23 January, the ICRC and the Red Cross of Chad have facilitated some 7,000 free telephone calls from N’Djamena, Moundou, Sahr, Goré and Doba, restoring contact between dispersed family members.
    • Chad, Sahr, January 2014. Displaced people in Sahr transit camp call their families for the first time since their arrival in Chad. Since 23 January, the ICRC and the Red Cross of Chad have facilitated some 7,000 free telephone calls from N’Djamena, Moundou, Sahr, Goré and Doba, restoring contact between dispersed family members.
      © ICRC / Ngabohl / td-e-00629
  • Chad, Moundou, February 2014. A little girl and her sister in Moundou transit camp.

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