Reference :
V-P-PK-E-00449
Date :
26/12/2005
Caption :
Islamabad. 13 year old girl, separated from her families in the aftermath of the earthquake, is reunited with her parents thanks to the ICRC.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
Extract from 29.12.2005 Stories from the field:
The ICRC started its programme to reunite separated families within days of the earthquake that devastated large parts of Pakistan. Working with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), the ICRC visited hospitals in Islamabad and Rawalpindi as well as tent villages and shelter homes to register unaccompanied children.
After the quake, an American army helicopter had evacuated unconscious Sobia from the devastated town of Balakot in the North West Frontier province of Pakistan. Meanwhile, her father, Yaseen, and the rest of his family decided to leave Balakot and seek shelter elsewhere in Mansehra district. Yaseen also contacted the ICRC tracing team to ask for help to locate his lost daughter.
As soon as Sobia had recovered sufficiently to remember her name ICRC tracing teams checked all available data and informed her parents that their daughter had been found. On 26 December, Yaseen and Rasheeda Bibi could finally hold their daughter in their arms again.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
1310x1048
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
