{"id":28931,"date":"2020-05-25T11:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T16:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=28931"},"modified":"2020-05-26T11:53:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T16:53:26","slug":"panama-phone-calls-bring-relief-laughter-migrants-darien-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/panama-phone-calls-bring-relief-laughter-migrants-darien-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama: phone calls that bring relief and laughter to migrants in Dari\u00e9n and their families"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The road traveled by those arriving at the Migrant Receiving Station in La Pe\u00f1ita, Panama, is long and dangerous enough, yet migrants still have several borders and thousands more kilometres ahead of them. At this station in the jungle, our colleagues from the Panamanian Red Cross (PRC) provide Restoring Family Links (RFL) services, which enable migrants to communicate with their loved ones.<\/div>\n
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This week we accompanied the PRC and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in providing these services, and we also helped to distribute mosquito nets in La Pe\u00f1ita. In addition, alongside our colleagues from the Red Cross Movement, we visited the Bajo Chiquito community, which is the first place reached by migrants.<\/p>\n

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True teamwork<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

May 8 was World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, and our colleagues in Panama celebrated by working as a true team. That day, on the visit to Dari\u00e9n, one of the IFRC cars got stuck due to rugged terrain and an ICRC vehicle came to the rescue. “Henry Dunant (founder of the Movement) would be proud,” joked Andrea, an ICRC staff member.<\/p>\n

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