Duplication rife in on-line Katrina efforts
An AP newswire by Anick Jesdanun, via The Globe amd Mail, reports that:
The Red Cross set up one database to help refugees from Hurricane Katrina reconnect with their families. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children created another to help displaced kids reunite with parents.
A flurry of other well-intentioned but largely duplicative efforts sprouted simultaneously on the Internet.
Efforts to reconcile all the scattered data have been, well, scattered.
Although the Internet makes it simple for people around the world to help out with disaster relief, confusion and frustration have reigned as refugees, families and volunteers are forced to sort through as many as 50 websites to check on loved ones.
posted by Fergie @ 9/07/2005 03:24:00 PM
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