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Civilians and Conflict Month is a media campaign in October 2008 to highlight our international tracing and message and refugee services in the UK, as well as overseas projects helping people recover from conflicts, like the child advocacy and rehabilitation programme in Sierra Leone.
Ros Armitage, operations manager for conflict, said: “During Civilians and Conflict Month, we want to challenge and change the public's perception of vulnerable people whose lives are affected by armed conflict, to tell their compelling human stories and to enable the British public to see beyond the stereotypes and help improve lives.”
Party debates and online game
This autumn, we hosted debates at each of the three main political party conferences on the theme ‘forced to flee’. Panels made up of MPs, journalists and Red Cross experts discussed why people flee their countries and seek sanctuary in the UK, as well as the difficulties they face when they arrive.
To mark Civilians and Conflict Month, we have launched an online game, Traces of Hope, which gives you the chance to help a young Ugandan boy, Joseph, search for his mother. Although Joseph is a fictional character, his story is based on events that have happened to any number of people in conflicts around the world.
Read more about Traces of Hope
Play Traces of Hope now
Read about the people we are helping
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