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Gambia News : Gambia Red Cross creates a family links website on Haiti
The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) in Banjul on Wednesday disclosed
the creation a family links website on Haiti to accelerate the process
of restoring contacts between separated family members.
According
to a press release from the GRCS, "As a result of the earthquake which
hit Haiti on 12th January 2010, thousands of people within Haiti and
abroad have lost contact with their loved ones. The Red Cross movement
has created a family links website to accelerate the process of
restoring contacts between separated family members. This website
offers the possibilities for persons in Haiti and abroad to publish
their own names and the names of their relatives with whom they are
striving to restore contact.
"The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)
has deployed two Restoring Family Link (RFL) specialists and within
less than 24 hours, 6,000 persons were registered as being sought for
by their relatives or have confirmed being safe and well,” the release
said.
The release went on to urged members of the general
public to contact the Gambia Red Cross Society Tracing Services for any
RFL needs to restore contact with loved ones with whom contact is lost,
listing some telephone numbers.
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- Yaya jammeh should offer the Haiten a land to repatrate like senegal president did,cuz they are our brother and sister they are the decended of slave from west Africa Including the Gambia,they should nt be in carribean cuz that land is prone 2 disast
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