Reference :
V-P-PG-E-00065
Date :
11/03/2013
Caption :
Kerevat prison. Family visit organised by the ICRC and the Papua New Guinea Red Cross Society.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
reserved users only
Description :
ICRC family links web site 25.08.2014: In March 2013, a family visit to Kerevat prison in East New Britain meant 22 relatives had to catch a flight from Bougainville to another island. For many, it was their first time on a plane.
Papua New Guinea: Family contact brings back hope for detainees
When the ICRC began visiting detainees on the pacific islands of Papua New Guinea in 2012, it discovered many detainees had not seen or had lost touch with their families for years. A combination of limited postal and phone services, prohibitive travel costs and vast distances had led detainees to lose hope of that changing. To tackle the problem, the ICRC and the Papua New Guinea Red Cross began delivering Red Cross Messages between detainees and their families. This proved a painstaking business, with many families living in remote villages sometimes only reachable by canoe, but the impact of these messages was huge. Families were often overwhelmed at receiving a sign of life from loved ones lost to them for years, while for detainees it proved a crucial lifeline to the outside world.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3872x2592
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
