Red Cross Messages

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The American Red CrossInternational Family
Tracing Red Cross Messaging System
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Q What can the American Red Cross do for you?

• A The American Red Cross provides
• Family Tracing Communication

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Q What is family tracing?

• A Family tracing is a way to find lost family
  members.

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Q What is a Red Cross Message (RCM)?

• A A Red Cross Message (RCM) is a letter that
  can be sent to a country where there is no
  mail service available.

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Q What information do I need to provide to
send a Red Cross Message?

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• Name
• Address
• Phone Number
• Mothers Name
• Fathers Name
• Date of Birth or
• Age

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya
• Liberia

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Nigeria

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierre Leone

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierre Leone
• Somalia

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierre Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierre Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierre Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda

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Red Cross Message (RCM)Where can a RCM be sent?

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast / Cote DIvoire
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierre Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda

• Ask a Red Cross worker about your country if it
  is not listed.

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Q How successful is the American Red Cross in
finding lost family members and delivering
messages?

• For the FY 2005 ( July 1, 2004 - June 2, 2005)
  the American Red Cross
• - FOUND 60 of 1146 reported missing people
  through Red Cross International Family tracing
• - SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED 80 of 2248 Red Cross
  Messages

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Q How do I trace a lost family member or send a
RCM?

• 1. Contact SYBIL or DORRIS at the
• Greater Houston Area
• American Red Cross
• 2700 Southwest Freeway
• P.O. Box 397
• Houston, TX 7701-0397
• Tel [phone] ext. 1635

Sybil S.
Dorris B.
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Q How do I trace a lost family member or send a
Red Cross Message (contd.)

• 2. Fill out a Red Cross Message or Tracing form.
  
• 3. Keep in contact with the American Red Cross.

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