South African mother launches campaign for six pilgrims missing in Nepal
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
Yoshini Govender, a mother from Durban, has launched a campaign to keep attention on six South African pilgrims who went missing during the 26 August floods in Nepal, after search operations were halted. She says the families were not directly informed of the decision, while Nepalese authorities have reduced from 12 years to 45 days the legal period for declaring missing people dead, according to IOL.
A mother from Durban, Govender, has launched the “Global Voices for the Missing” campaign to advocate for the families of six pilgrims reported missing after the 26 August floods in Nepal. She says she was not directly informed that search-and-rescue operations had been halted and says she encountered silence from the authorities, according to IOL.
The campaign, distributed on social media, is intended to enable people to ask questions, share verified information and keep attention focused on the relatives of those missing. The Nepalese government has also reduced from 12 years to 45 days the waiting period before the legal declaration of death of a missing person, reports IOL.
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