Thursday, November 15, 2012

Blog 12: Africa:New Family Links Website-Restoring Contact in a Crisis


                This article is about the new ICRC website that will enable people who were separated by conflict or disaster to get back in touch.  The deputy head of the Central Tracing Agency and Protection Division of the ICRC, Olivier Dubois, is who created the site to help improve people’s chances of finding those they are looking for.  The website is familylinks.icrc.org, which was helpful to many loved ones to be able to exchange a few reassuring words or to be reunited with them.  This site is user-friendly with Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for people who want to restore contact with relatives during or after a crisis.  They think because of this site, they may see an increase in requests to the National Societies and the ICRC, and they hope to improve public awareness of the service and support for it.  Dubois created this site mainly because he sees the problem of separation very widespread.  This is because of wars or disasters.  It can take up to years for families to not be separated. 
                I would say this is related to my topic of family because many families go through separation and this is a good resource for loved ones to use.  Family is not replaceable, so this is why it is important for most people to find their family members.  We have many separation factors in today’s world which will continue, so we having resources to find loved ones is a great step in the right direction. It is sad to see family members lose each other, because of separation factors because it’s not by choice.  I understand that today not every family member is going to get along but these people who choose to use this site are for those who couldn’t have prevented the separation. 

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