A mobile application designed to search for children was launched in Ukraine on April 06, 2023 in Kyiv. The main function of the Reunite Ukraine mobile application is to search for missing children and reunite family members who have been internally displaced, left Ukraine, or illegally deported to the Russian Federation, Belarus, or the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.  

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, police have received more than 11,000 reports of missing children. Currently, 381 children are actively being searched for.

In addition, according to the National Information Bureau, 19,544 Ukrainian children have been deported and/or illegally displaced. According to open-source data provided by the Russian Federation, 744,000 children, and more than 5 million people in total have been deported and/or illegally displaced.

According to various international organizations, more than 2 million children have moved to neighboring countries and about 3 million children are internally displaced, which is more than half of the child population of Ukraine.

In order to improve outcomes on tracing children, including using innovative approaches and international experience on the protection of the rights and interests of children in Ukraine, in particular on the search and reunification of families, the National Police of Ukraine has established close cooperation and communication with the American non-profit organization "Find My Parent," whose main goal is to empower people around the world to find and restore connections with their families using artificial intelligence technologies. 

Reunite Ukraine is a mobile application jointly developed by Find My Parent and the National Police of Ukraine as a universal tool for finding children who have gone missing or lost contact with their families, as well as reuniting family members who have been internally displaced, forced to leave Ukraine or illegally deported. The main goal of this cooperation is to help reunite missing Ukrainian children with their family members around the world.

How it works:

1.    Download the free Reunite Ukraine app: 

App Store https://apps.apple.com/lu/app/reunite-ukraine/id6444649623 

Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.reuniteukraine.app.reunite_ukraine&hl=ru&gl=US

2. Create a profile by adding information and photos about yourself and your family, including the person you are looking for. The more information you upload, the more effective the search.

3. Reunite Ukraine's artificial intelligence technology will match your data with that of your family members when they also create profiles.

4. If the information between the two profiles matches, police officers will verify the match.

5. Persons whose data matches in the application and are verified by the police receive a notification and must consent to the exchange of messages.

6. Now you can quickly reunite with your loved ones wherever you are.

For more information, visit www.reunite-ukraine.com.