Today on the net: survivors of typhoon Haiyan search for missing loved ones; activists in India campaign for more women in parliament; and an American artist gives historical photos a new lease of life.
Typhoon Haiyan: survivors search for relatives
As the death toll continues to grow in the Philippines, many have turned to the Internet to search for missing loved ones. Over the past few days web users have launched and relayed missing person’s appeals via Twitter looking for information or news on a parent, friend or relative.
A number of online tools have been set up to help the search. Google, for example, has implemented its “Person Finder” system: a platform where people can report missing persons or share information about survivors.
Local congressman Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has been compiling a list of survivors found in Tacloban, one of the areas worst hit by typhoon Haiyan. He has posted the list to his Facebook page and updates the names on a regular basis.
With many disaster-stricken areas still cut off from communication, a lot of survivors have yet to make themselves known. Journalists at the scene, like Erel Cabatat from Filipino network TV5, have been inundated with requests from people begging them to pass on messages to their families to let them know they are still alive.
Reporter Jiggy Manicad from GMA News collected scribbled messages written on scraps of paper or cardboard and posted them online upon his return to the capital, Manila.
India: activists call for more women in Parliament
Campaigning is underway in India with activists demanding greater representation of women in the country’s political institutions. The so-ca... Go on reading on our web site.
http://www.france24.com/en/taxonomy/emission/18008
Visit our website:
http://www.france24.com
Like us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English
Follow us on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/France24_en
