Egypt: Facts and Figures (January – December 2024)
… their immediate seeking to reconnect with family members needs in corporation with the … Aswan governorates were trained in first aid, restoring family links services and emergency response …
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Resolution on ‘Protecting civilians and other protected persons and objects against the potential human cost of ICT activities during armed conflict’
… for their survival, and for maintaining or restoring family links, including in situations of armed …
Myanmar: One month on, earthquake survivors face continuing challenges
… unable to reach traditional health services. Restoring economic security and food access … need. Photo: Aye Sandar Tun / ICRC Protecting family links and dignity Beyond the urgent physical …
Uganda: Facts & Figures 2024
… (URCS) and continued to provide jointly Restoring Family Links services to help reconnect and reunify …
Bangladesh: Our work in 2024 - facts and figures
… 689 Red Cross messages (containing brief family news) were exchanged to restore … received training in providing services under Restoring Family Links programme were trained on use of force, …
ICRC in South Sudan
… of detention, facilitate the restoration of family contact, and search for missing … 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 …
Landmines and explosive remnants cast a long shadow over Iraq amid recovery efforts
… In an attempt to flee to safety with her family, she unknowingly stepped on a mine, … its main activities are visiting detainees, restoring family links, and clarifying the fate of the missing …
International Mine Awareness Day: Addressing the threat of explosive ordnance in Syria
… their homes and livelihoods. Amra and her family are one amongst the many people who …
Devastating earthquake in Myanmar: ICRC responds to help people on the ground
… reconnect with missing loved ones through the Restoring Family Links programme . We were able to respond …
Humanitarian Report 2025 - Colombia
… they can be identified and returned to their family with dignity. The search does not end … families. No one should disappear, and no family should have to bear such uncertainty. … going missing, we facilitate contact between family members. Likewise, we work to ensure …
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