Connectivity services

Providing essential communication support to migrants and their communities by offering 3-minute phone calls, 30-minute internet connectivity, and phone charging services, ensuring they can restore and maintain contact with their loved ones

Red Cross Messages

Delivering messages to restore communication when normal channels are disrupted, including facilitating the exchange of family news through letters for those without access to phones or social media.

RedSafe Application

Promoting the RedSafe application which can be used by migrants for different purposes including accessing vital information along migratory routes, geolocation of humanitarian services, sending one-time messages, storing important documents and contacts to mitigate loss in the event they lose them. Copies documents and contacts are easily retrieved from the RedSafe app.

Our Impact: In 2024,

• 19672 phone calls were facilitated to reconnect, restore and maintain family contact.
• 77059 30-minute internet connection vouchers were distributed to migrants and refugees
• 25203 gadgets were charged
• 13 Red Cross Messages were exchanged
• 699 users downloaded the RedSafe application at RFL kiosks with assistance from Red Cross volunteers.
• 71 new family tracing cases registered
• 2 family tracing cases (5 sought persons) were successfully located
• 22 new Unaccompanied and separated children were registered

Why Partner With Us?

• Global Reach, Local Impact:Through the Red Cross Red Crescent Family Links network, we can search for missing relatives and reconnect people across different countries, making the process cost-effective and highly efficient.
• Deep Community Reach: As a volunteer-driven organization, we have an extensive network of dedicated volunteers in every community across Zimbabwe.
• Presence:With provincial offices in all 10 provinces, we have the infrastructure to implement impactful programs at scale.
• Lives: Your partnership contributes to meaningful change, helping families and vulnerable groups—including children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and the chronically ill—find hope and stability.
• Impact Together:By working together, we can maximize resources, leverage existing capacities, and develop sustainable solutions for those affected by migration, conflict, disasters, and humanitarian crises.

Budget

The ZRCS requires USD225 000 annually to continue offering PFL services to the neediest. To contribute to this cause, you can contact;