In Maharashtra, an NGO named Jeevan Anand Sanstha used Google Search to help reunite two missing senior citizens with their families. Both individuals were found in different areas and brought to an ashram before the organization used Google to contact local authorities and locate their families.
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- Two senior citizens, Mavjibhai Vaghri (70) and Padi Goma Bhukre (70), went missing and were later found in Maharashtra.
- Vaghri, suffering from a mental ailment, was found in Nallasopara, Palghar district on Sept 14.
- He was admitted to Jeevan Anand Sanstha’s ashram, where volunteers used Google to identify his locality.
- The NGO contacted local police in Vadodara, Gujarat, helping reunite Vaghri with his family on Sept 15.
- Bhukre, a tribal woman, mistakenly took a bus to Mumbai, where she was injured in an accident.
- After treatment, Bhukre was also sheltered at the Sanstha’s ashram on the night of Sept 14.
- Using Google, the NGO contacted the sarpanch of Bhukre’s village to inform her family.
- Both seniors were reported missing, with their photos circulated on WhatsApp aiding in their identification.
- The NGO leveraged online tools effectively to assist the underprivileged and reunite families.
- The story highlights the crucial role of technology in locating missing persons
