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ICRC reunites 729 children with families in N’East

By Njadvara Musa, Maiduguri
08 March 2023   |   2:20 am
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and National Red Crescent Society (NRCS) have reunited 729 children with members of their families in the North East.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and National Red Crescent Society (NRCS) have reunited 729 children with members of their families in the North East.

About 24,963 persons left their homes during the 13-year terrorism in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. These were disclosed in the 2022 ICRC Operational Facts and Figures dashboard, released to journalists, yesterday, in Maiduguri.

ICRC Head of Delegation in Nigeria, Yann Bonzon, stated that conflict forced people to leave their homes and continue to live in makeshift camps.

According to him, this led to the separation of many, including children, from their parents and guardians during the conflict.

“The loved ones have gone missing, while their livelihoods were disrupted in the over a decade conflict in the North East,” he lamented. On how the children were reunited, he disclosed that Red Cross sent 4,319 messages to re-establish contacts between separated family members with the help of ICRC and NRCS.

He explained: “Names of about 1,020 missing persons were broadcast on radio informing them that their family members were looking for them.

“There were also 672 pictures of persons looking for their missing family members in Borno, Adamawa, Gombe and Yobe states.”Names of the missing persons, he added, were also published in photo booklets to assist ICRC with the search. He said 812 phone calls were also facilitated in reuniting the 729 children with their families.

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