An Easier Way for Refugees to Search And Reconnect Through Mobile Phones

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Four children aged below seven years have this afternoon died in a fire in Nyeri town. An eye witness says the children had been locked inside a house by one of their mothers when the fire razed down the single room in the Kangemi area.

Nairobi Star (Nairobi)

Sharon Wambete

20 June 2011

Safaricom subscribers can now search for and reconnect with their loved ones using their mobile phone via an application provided by Ericsson and Refugees United.

The application enables refugees to use mobile phones to register themselves, search for loved ones, and subsequently reconnect via an anonymous database.

The new mobile tool has been launched to mark the World Refugee Day.

Safaricom’s Paul Mugambi says the tool enables refugees to access Refugees United’s mobile site – m.refunite.org, search for and subsequently reconnect with loved ones.

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