There is renewed hope for the many refugees in the Kenyan refugee camps, Kakuma and Dadaab, who have lost contact with family and friends. In Dadaab alone there are about 400,000 refugees, with a significant share living in uncertainty about the whereabouts of their loved ones.

Refugees United and Kenyan Red Cross (KRCS) recently signed a new partnership agreement including a total of 60 outreach officers. These will be assisting refugees in Dadaab and Kakuma to sign up on Refugees United’s online platform and search for their missing family and friends.

The project aims to get a total number of 105,200 new refugees to sign up by the end of 2014, adding onto Refugees United’s already solid foundation of over 185,000 users, and enabling countless new family reconnections.

CEO of Refugees United, Jens Brinksten says: “This is a really crucial project as it is our largest project ever, potentially covering all of Dadaab and Kakuma, and we are very excited to do it together with an organization as important as Kenyan Red Cross Society.” The new partnership between KRCS and Refugees United is a continuation of their successful pilot project from 2012.