The Red Cross provides relief for uncertainty by helping lost family members locate each other and communicate with each other.
Tracing Services traces lost family members
Instructions for making a tracing request.pdf
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With the help of tracing we seek family members when they have lost each other due to war or accident.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) leads the tracing work in war zones. It realizes approximately 10 000 new tracings annually and delivers over 500 000 messages.
All 186 national societies of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent participate in reuniting families. The Finnish Red Cross is a part of this global network. We do approximately 150 tracings annually in over 30 countries.
Questions and answers on Red Cross Tracing Services
Instructions for making a tracing request
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Tracing request form
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Brochure on Tracing Services
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The Finnish Red Cross does not trace Finns living in Finland. In these cases please use the telephone service liable to charge provided by the Population Registration Centre,
tel. 0600 01000.
Red Cross Messages help communicate
The Red Cross also helps family members communicate with each other when normal postal- or data communications are not available as a result of war or accident. Our organization delivers Red Cross Messages until communications are normalized.
The Finnish Red Cross delivers approximately 50 messages from Finland annually and receives the equal amount of messages from other countries.
Questions and Answers on Red Cross Message
Instructions for Red Cross Message
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Red Cross Message form
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Link to web pages of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC):
www.familylinks.icrc.org
Further information on Tracing Services and Red Cross Messages is available from the Finnish Red Cross Headquarters: Aki Väilä, (09) 129 3344 or aki.vaila(at)redcross.fi or from the nearest Red Cross Local Branch. Service is provided free of charge.
Photos: ICRC
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