How can we as programmers set up a database to help with family reunification?

enthusiasmcurbed — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:04:29 +0000

So I was having trouble working after reading this article last night: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-government-has-no-plan-for-reuniting-the-immigrant-families-it-is-tearing-apart .

And I started thinking that there is going to be a major need for a site where users (either parents, children, or charity workers representing children) can input information about the separation. For example, they could upload details of the separation location, birth dates, and things they remember about their children/ parents at that time (as much as possible). This data could then be stored in a database to aid those searching for their parents/children for many years to come, and it could be shared with many charities helping these people.

I really want to help, but I have to admit that I may not be the most qualified to set this up. I was thinking I could quickly set up a static github page with an embedded google form that linked to a google sheet containing the information. But this seems non-ideal.

I would love to hear any of your thoughts, and would appreciate your help.

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How can we as programmers set up a database to help with family reunification?