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 …
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Nigeria: 23,000 missing as conflict splits families
… the team continues to stay in touch with family members by phone and share information on restoring family links services on Twitter and Facebook. Saratu …
Bangladesh: Red Crescent reunites dispersed family members
… for Malaysia with dreams of improving his family's life. Read: the full story on the ICRC Restoring family links website …
Rwanda / Burundi: Torn apart by violence - Burundian families reunited
… Rwanda and Burundi to help reunite families: Restoring Family Links in Rwanda Restoring Family Links in …
Cyclone Idai: Website launched to help families find missing relatives
… about their missing loved ones." The Restoring Family Links website allows people to report that they …
Report: Family Needs Assessment
… Red Cross (ICRC) undertook a comprehensive Family Needs Assessment (FNA) among the … them presumably belonging to foreigners. 2 Restoring Family Links Assessment, Migration in Europe, …
South Africa: Helping migrants maintain contact with their families
… the Red Cross (ICRC) have been providing a Restoring Family Links telephone service to vulnerable migrants …
Serbia: Family contact brings lifeline for injured Syrian refugee
… to lose her unborn child. With no news, her family back in Damascus were frantic with … medication, Imtisal was able to use Zoran's "restoring family links" phone to contact her family in …
Trace the Face ends long wait for two Afghan families
… of Afghanistan, was nine years old when her family tried to flee the country. "My mother … Trace the Face tool, which is part of the Restoring Family Links (RFL) programme of the International Red …
Bringing clarity and comfort to families of missing persons
… the bureaucratic obstacles that arise when a family member is missing but not acknowledged … family member or loved one? Visit our Restoring family links website . More: stories on the …
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