Fiji Red Cross and ICRC restore contact between families after cyclone
… each other, gave the FRCS the lead role in restoring family links (RFL). A dedicated website is enabling …
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Deployment of the "Family Links Answers" tool for use by the Panamanian Red Cross and the Dominican Red Cross
… Red Cross (DRC) are jointly deploying the Family Links Answers (FLA) tool, used by Red Cross … for the secure management of cases of restoring family links. The deployment aims to …
South Africa: Helping detained migrants and separated families to restore contact with their loved ones in 2016
… included enabling these detainees to maintain family contacts, and support to the Swazi … in the region, notably through supporting o a restoring family links pilot project carried out by the South …
Ethiopia: Thousands receive seeds and tools to restore livelihoods
… In 2016, we have restored family links, improved access to water, and offered … ventilation, cell block refurbishment, etc). RESTORING FAMILY LINKS The ICRC, in …
Ethiopia: Restoring hope for people displaced by ethnic violence
… displaced people helping an estimated 50,000 family members in Hawigudina and Darolebu … to the members of the community is aimed at restoring their livelihoods. Ethnic Oromos and …
Nigeria: Private sector partnerships restore hope to conflict-affected communities
… often goes beyond the individual beneficiary family that will generate direct income. The … we aim to assist not only one individual or family, but also a wider community. CC … made from cassava. She can now support her family and is once again a productive member …
Ethiopia: Restoring livelihood of communities displaced by conflict
… Ethiopia. Abdulkadir, head of an eight-member family, explained, "Our life seemed gloomy … Society (ERCS). "The distribution is aimed at restoring the livelihoods of the affected …
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 …
Ethiopia: Supporting the families of the missing
… that were separated during the conflict by restoring family links. ICRC Mekelle, Ethiopia The video "A …
Greece: Keeping migrant families together
… The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement helps family members keep in touch or find one … another through its service known as RFL – Restoring Family Links . …
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