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ICRC in South Sudan

… of detention, facilitate the restoration of family contact, and search for missing persons. … Committee of the Red restores family links, searches for missing Cross (ICRC) helps … • repair or upgrade the infrastructures The Restoring Family Links network including water …

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Ethiopia: Cries of joy after abducted child reunites with parents

… they would see their son again. But this family's story has a happy ending. After the … of the ICRC team that reunites separated family members. Extreme joy overtook both … The ICRC strives to restore family links (RFL) between members separated by …

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Niger: How we helped the people of Diffa in 2015

… free health care for 4,878 people and family planning counselling for 300 women in … food supplement packs to 400 prison inmates. Restoring family links More than 460 telephone calls made it …

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Frequently asked questions: Our work following the earthquake in Afghanistan

… supporting the Afghan Red Crescent Society’s Restoring Family Links efforts to support victims of the …

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Destruction of the earthquake in Mazar Dara, Nurgal District of Kunar province.

Colombia: Mother and son reunited after 15 years

… an ICRC delegate and asked him to trace his family. The painstaking search was successful … Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) restored links between 83 families split up by the …

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'My daughter, I'm still alive'

… home. It was the last time she ever saw her family. This is Boon Auan today and her Thai … and happy. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Nic Dunlop Restoring Family Links Every year, thousands of family members …

Lake Chad region: ICRC's operational appeals 2017

… helps restore contact between separated family members, including migrants, and … during assistance activities (see below) Restoring family links ff offer technical and/or financial …

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Papua New Guinea: Operational update 2014

… reconnecting families. Table of contents: Restoring and maintaining family links Monitoring detention Protecting people …

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Poland: The ICRC supports National Societies in collecting and managing tracing cases of persons missing in relation to international armed conflict in Ukraine

… Red Cross (PRC) to restore and maintain family links, the ICRC Warsaw Delegation organized the …

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Head of ICRC Central Tracing Agency Bureau visits Warsaw. ICRC

Egypt Activity Report 2016

… of war victims, helped restore broken family links, helped authorities transfer people … Cairo University’s Kasr El Aini Hospital. Restoring Family Links & Tracing Services …

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