You will be able to ask for food and shelter on Facebook in the event of a disaster – unocero

As many of you know, Facebook has a function implemented called Safety Check, in which users can alert their contacts that they are alright after a disaster or a natural phenomenon. Now, the social network will add a new mode of crisis response through which the users will be able to order all sorts of help, from food and shelter, to transportation.

Community Help, the new function that will expand the scope of Safety Check, will allow users to exploit their altruistic spirit helping communities that have suffered any kind of tragedy.

will work Only when Safety Check is activated after any crisis or natural disaster. Users who seek help will be able to make use of Community Help. In the same way, you will see the mode for those who want to help.

Facebook will begin to test such a tool in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and the united States in order to analyze and evaluate how users would be able to use Community Help. If the operation is optimal, it will expand to other countries. At the moment it is submitted after incidents such as earthquakes or fires.

in Addition, with the new feature, people can send messages to other directly after a tragic event. These can be viewed by category and location to provide persons to perform the search help that you require.

The community on Facebook has usually been devoted to the establishment of groups in order to help affected people, as happened after the flood in Chennei, India, during the year 2015. For this reason, the platform will aim to facilitate this type of dynamic support in critical situations.

So that users can use Community Help after an incident, you will have to activate Safety Check, which will only be in operation if the global agencies of reports of crises, such as iJET International and NC4 alert Facebook about some unfortunate event. The social network will make monitoring messages and, if many people are talking about the crisis, users will be able to tell them that they are alright.

starting today, users will have the possibility of using such a tool in case of a natural disaster or an unforeseen accident. Facebook will evaluate how to improve Community Help according to the use that give people.

Reference: News Facebook