Red Cross launches online reality game Vicious war in Northern Uganda has destroyed Joseph’s home and torn his family apart. He has one goal, to find out from the Red Cross if his mother is alive or dead.

Now he has arrived in the dangerous refugee camp they call Hopetown, he has 24 hours to track down the Red Cross messenger and he needs you to be his guide.

He has a satellite phone, you have the web – together you’ll make a great team. Time is running out; guide Joseph through sickness, fire and violence as together you follow his traces of hope.

This story is based on tragic events that have happened to real people in any number of conflicts around the world. Joseph’s story forms the basis of an online game, called Traces of Hope, developed by the British Red Cross as part of Civilians and Conflict Month in October 2008.