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Even if one missing child is found, it will be so worth it.
The parents of Madeleine McCann have added their support to a new scheme for locating missing children through social networking websites such as Facebook. The charity Missing Persons has created an application for Facebook users which allows the display of the details of missing young people on their own profile page. And the charity is also joining Be Cause, an internet site run by social networking site Bebo which provides information about campaign groups and other charities linked with children who have gone missing.
Kate and Gerry McCann, whose four-year-old daughter Madeleine disappeared from the Mark Warner holiday complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal more than a year ago, said they strongly supported the new social networking initiatives.
"We… encourage this new initiative to use Facebook to increase awareness of missing children," a statement from the couple said. "Using the power of social media in this way will undoubtedly capture the attention - and hopefully the help - of a younger population who are a hugely valuable and resourceful group."We would urge the millions of Facebook users around the world to keep looking and to do what they can to help bring these children home."
Missing People is launching the scheme to coincide with today's International Missing Children's Day.
Paul Tuohy, chief executive of the charity, explained: "If every Facebook user downloaded our BT-powered application, millions of people internationally could see an appeal that could help us to reunite a family."
Other missing children highlighted on Sunday include that of Andrew Gosden, 14, who was last seen at London's King's Cross railway station in September 2007, and 15-year-old Paige Gosden, who disappeared in Blackpool last year.
The parents of Madeleine McCann have added their support to a new scheme for locating missing children through social networking websites such as Facebook. The charity Missing Persons has created an application for Facebook users which allows the display of the details of missing young people on their own profile page. And the charity is also joining Be Cause, an internet site run by social networking site Bebo which provides information about campaign groups and other charities linked with children who have gone missing.
Kate and Gerry McCann, whose four-year-old daughter Madeleine disappeared from the Mark Warner holiday complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal more than a year ago, said they strongly supported the new social networking initiatives.
"We… encourage this new initiative to use Facebook to increase awareness of missing children," a statement from the couple said. "Using the power of social media in this way will undoubtedly capture the attention - and hopefully the help - of a younger population who are a hugely valuable and resourceful group."We would urge the millions of Facebook users around the world to keep looking and to do what they can to help bring these children home."
Missing People is launching the scheme to coincide with today's International Missing Children's Day.
Paul Tuohy, chief executive of the charity, explained: "If every Facebook user downloaded our BT-powered application, millions of people internationally could see an appeal that could help us to reunite a family."
Other missing children highlighted on Sunday include that of Andrew Gosden, 14, who was last seen at London's King's Cross railway station in September 2007, and 15-year-old Paige Gosden, who disappeared in Blackpool last year.