Reply #8: And in any other disaster I can think off [View All]

[nadinbrzezinski]

during the floods I got to manage, kids that were separated from families were taken over by the STATE like this fast, and we ran family locator programs. We were able to reunite 100% of those kids with parents. Most parents were relieved, a couple were pissed that we took their kids, for lord knows what. (well I know lord knows what, but) Comes with the territory.... and that is one job well organized national societies and the ICRC does especially well.

It was a much smaller scope of a disaster... much smaller scope...

So it was possible. Hell I suspect some of the Katrina kids were not quite reunited for months. (And I hope 100 reunion was achieved. I really should have and did not look into that)