Help us reunite families

Tracing missing persons and reuniting families has long been an essential part of the work of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.. Over the past 150 years, we have not stopped helping to trace missing family members. 

The SRC Tracing Service and the Family Reunification Service play a vital role in helping families torn apart by unforeseen circumstances. With your support, we can do more than just actively searching and can offer a full service to those people suffering because their loved ones are missing. We gather essential information and work tireless to clarify what has happened to their missing family members. 

Imelda’s and Hassan’s stories show the major, life-changing impact of the SRC Tracing Service’s work. By helping people find their loved ones, the SRC helps fill the void left by years of separation and uncertainty.

• Hassan fled Afghanistan: At the age of 17, Hassan finds himself on a difficult and lonely path, having left his native Afghanistan at the age of 15, a country torn apart by war and conflict. His poignant story is charged with emotion, just like that of the many young Afghans who turn to Switzerland looking for security and a new future.

• Imelda’s emotional story: Imelda Morard was separated from her family when she was a child and lived most of her life with an enormous void in her heart. Thanks to the work of the SRC Tracing Service, at the age of 67, Imelda was finally able to find her roots, an emotional journey that started with uncertainty and ended with an unexpected and all the more moving reunion with her niece.