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Tracing service
is an important component of regular
activity of Nepal Red Cross Society.
The main objective of the tracing
service is to relive mental suffering
of the victims of conflicts by restoring
family links between the members of
dispersed families.
The Society has
been carrying out some cases of restoring
family links for a few years. In this
connection, NRCS has started to exchange
of Red Cross Message (RCM) with the
support of ICRC in the present conflict
situation of the country. Under this
programme the ICRC will collect messages
from detainees and reach their families
through the Nepal Red Cross. And Nepal
Red Cross in the similar way will
collect messages from the families
and reach the detainees through the
ICRC.
The work of exchanging
RCM has already been started in ……conflict
affected districts of the country.
These districts include the districts
from Far-western, Mid-western and
Western development regions of the
country.
Under its
regular programme, the Nepal Red Cross
also supports in tracing and locating
individuals of dispersed families.
A few cases in the past year have
been dealt with in the past year by
the Society. However, because of the
conflict situation and the presence
of the ICRC in Nepal the case is mainly
dealt by the ICRC itself. So Nepal
Red Cross has been working as an auxiliary
agency to the ICRC in matters of tracing
at present.
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