Reuniting Families Separated by War

During the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980s, thousands of children were separated from their parents. Many were forcibly taken from their families by the military, while others were lost in the chaos of combat.

International Forensic Program

IFP Staff

Lindsay Welch, Forensic Assistant

Born and raised near Boston, MA, Lindsay Welch received her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Toronto in 1997. Her previous experience as a documentary photographer has exposed her to human rights violations in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Rwanda.

Lindsay shot her first roll of black and white film at Auschwitz, 20 years after her grandparents had sat outside the gates in a tour bus unable to bring themselves to enter. Living closely with international communities has given her first hand knowledge of the extremes facing people recovering from human rights violations: accompanying children in their search for the bodies of family members killed during war; witnessing the discovery of mass graves; listening sympathetically to the stories of women raped as part of a genocide. She has borne witness to harsh realities and carried the truth of these situations with her to share with others.

Work from her Nicaraguan project is currently on exhibit in Managua in the residence of the US Ambassador through the Arts in Embassy program. She is in the final stages of her Rwanda project, Living Genocide, which includes testimonies and images of women intentionally infected with HIV during the 1994 genocide.

In joining PHR, Lindsay returns to the Boston area. She brings her international experience, attention to detail, and passion for human rights to her current position with the International Forensics Program.

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