Jordan: ICRC president concludes official visit
… to refugees especially to reconnect them with family members, but we also want to build … Crescent Society. These activities include: restoring family links, visiting detainees, promoting respect …
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Our work in Yemen: September - October 2018
… facilitated the donation of 385 body bags and Restoring and Maintaining Family Links (RFL): tags, 770 plastic wraps, 5 …
South Sudan management frameworks and social assessment
… and newborn care, postabortion care, family planning and timely referral in case of … of care is the place where individuals, their family and the community have their first … – close to where people live, and with good links to primary health care, first aid and …
Digital trails could endanger people receiving humanitarian aid, ICRC and Privacy International find
… and spend cash. Their electronic chip links the wallet to a specific owner and keeps … declared, as individuals identify friends or family. These data might leak from devices to … people to pay for medical expenses;85 • restoring family links, e.g. giving cash to …
Voices from Within: A decade of questions racing through the minds of war surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa
… post-conflict environments, and emphasize the links between war surgery and complementary … team-building, the safer access framework, restoring family links, setting up first-aid posts, …
Reuniting families in Afghanistan: After 2 years of disappearance, Naqibullah stuns family as he “comes alive”
… children. Having accepted its fate, this family in Dand-e-Ghori district of Baghlan … many others have benefitted from the ICRC's Restoring Family Links programme launched in 2008. As part of …
The Missing and Deceased Migrants Pilot Project in South Africa and Zimbabwe: 2016 – 2018
… The family of Kholwani Mathuthu in their home in Gwanda district. The family opened a tracing request with the ICRC … 15 migrants. We restored communication links to enable family members in Zimbabwe and …
South Sudan: Bringing family separation to an end
… with their loved ones. This work, known as "restoring family links" or "RFL", is one of the oldest …
Reuniting separated families in Western Tanzania
… families. We start by reuniting the family of five. We then follow Keve, a … her mother. According to Ene Abah, the ICRC Restoring Family Links delegate in our office in Kibondo town …
Brazil: A voice of encouragement from afar
… moved, she told us that she missed her family very much because it was the first time … month of July, when the ICRC began offering Restoring Family Links (RFL) services in Pacaraima, more than …
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