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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has caused the displacement of thousands of people. More»
Red Cross reunites family after four year separation
June 12 2008 – It was one of the happiest and longest days of Regine Buzayayo’s life. She spent her morning tracking the flight arrival. The flight had been delayed thirty minutes. Regine, her sister and two young daughters arrived early anyway. Minutes felt like hours while they waited. Regine watched the arrivals gate intensely as she waited for two precious packages to arrive; her two daughters, Sifa and Jocelyne, both of whom she hadn’t seen in four long years. More»
Long separation ends in joyous reunion in Toronto
March 28 2007 – They spent 62 years apart, filled with longing and wondering. But on March 28, a mother and son, who were separated during World War II, were reunited with the help of the Canadian Red Cross Restoring Family Links program. More»
Vernon Wilson
Three names and three birthdates on a four-inch square piece of paper is how the Restoring Family Links (RFL) program helped Vernon Milford Wilson, 80 years old, reunite with his daughters after 53 years. More»
Missing persons: not enough is being done
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is marking the International Day of the Disappeared on August 30 by calling on the international community to renew its commitment to addressing the plight of missing persons and their families. More»
Sudan bulletin No. 18 – 4 November 2004
Report on ICRC activities in the field - Tracing activities
On 26 October, 44 children and 10 elderly people were reunited with family members from whom they had been separated by the war in southern Sudan. More»
Afghan woman finds missing husband through Canadian Red Cross Tracing Service
When Naderah Shirzad arrived in Canada as a refugee in July 2002 she came as a widow with six children ranging in age from 9 to 19. This all changed in November 2003 when the Restoring Family Links Program of the Canadian Red Cross received a tracing request for Naderah from the Netherlands Red Cross. More»
Travelling the world as a Red Cross/Red Crescent volunteer
Mourad Graidia is a Canadian Red Cross volunteer who epitomizes the universality of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. After working with the French Red Cross and Algerian Red Crescent, Graidia joined the Canadian Red Cross as a volunteer in October 2002 when he moved to Hull, Quebec. More»
Campaign to reunite Liberian children with their families
Last week the ICRC and the Liberia National Red Cross Society launched a large-scale tracing campaign in five West African countries. More»
Delivering message brings Iraqi conflict home
Like many other people, Karen Miller, Disaster Services Coordinator for the Lower Mainland Region, has watched some of the extensive media coverage devoted to the armed conflict in Iraq. More»
Restoring Family Links in Iraq
The war may be over, but the pain lingers for many Iraqi families. The consequences of three wars and economic sanctions have caused enormous suffering and despair for the Iraqi people. More»
Red Cross reunites family after 50 years
On November 10, 1997, after 50 years without contact, Eugenia Lauder was reunited at Mirabel airport with her brother, Leonid Ilyich Bekerman who lives in Siberia, Russia. She had been searching for Leonid, her only surviving relative from Russia for 35 years. More»
Red Cross reunites families in Rwanda
The genocide and war in Rwanda has left thousands of Rwandan children separated from their families. More»
