YOLANDA PEOPLE FINDER

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Survivors walk through the rubble of damaged homes and a ship that was washed ashore in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) slammed into their province. “Yolanda, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead.

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The Role of ICT in Recent History

Throughout recent history, the Philippines has been one of a new nations that demonstrates unity for a call to action or social change. These campaigns for social change would have not been successful if it were not for ICT.

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Rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has lead to significant changes in social, economical and political relations of the modern society. Access to information and control over it contribute to the prevalence of soft power in politics of digital age, and empower the non-state actors in international relations. Contemporary diplomatic service, besides being faced with enhanced roles, requests for extended outreach and accountability, yet shrinking resources, is also challenged with multistakeholder and multidisciplinary international arena.

http://www.diplomacy.edu/resources/general/role-information-and-communication-technologies-diplomacy

http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/disasters/typhoon-yolanda/43400-yolandaph-person-finder

 

Recent storms in the Philippine history gave birth to the People finder database powered by Google. During typhoon Yolanda, the People Finder was a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives. This proved to be successful and is now adapted by more organizations to help people track relatives during calamity.

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