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Central African Republic: Over a thousand people still searching for loved ones

… trace the relatives reported missing and put family members back in touch wherever … To improve their skills in this field of restoring family links, 12 volunteers from the Central African …

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Rwanda / Burundi: Free phone calls help refugees stay in touch

… (RRCS) have been offering the refugees restoring family links services, mainly through phone calls. To …

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Nepal: New technology helps to reconnect families

… The ICRC has introduced Familylinks ANSWERS, a new web application to help … ANSWERS application. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC Restoring family links Conflict and disaster …

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Bangladesh: Red Crescent reunites dispersed family members

… out for Malaysia with dreams of improving his family's life. Read: the full story on the ICRC Restoring family links website   …

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Papua New Guinea: Operational update 2014

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

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Burundi: Helping victims of pre-election tensions

… to the Tanzania Red Cross Society (TRCS) in restoring family links (reuniting families) with the main focus …

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Contemporary Challenges to Humanitarian Action, 7th Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on International Humanitarian Law

… along into urban centers, close to family homes, hospitals and schools and at the … person being considered missing by his or her family and causes high levels of anguish and … has been aimed at helping to restore family links, which is one more of the lines of …

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Tanzania: Family reunited amid a sea of refugees

… of Brighton, 6, and Bruce, 2. But then the Restoring Family Links project run by the Tanzania Red Cross …

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Indonesia: Phone calls help reconnect families

… along the way. But phone numbers of family are often protected – with details … fishermen; now living in temporary shelters. Restoring family links Phone call services for the migrants …

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Philippines: Detainee reconnects with long-lost father after 20 years

… The detainee had not been visited by any family members since being detained in 2009. … The father had not heard from them since the family moved out of the village a few years … mobilizes its resources to restore family links .  Story by Ai Awaji, ICRC field …

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