Télécoms Sans Frontières, connecting people

WHEN a disaster, or war, occurs one of the first things that collapses is the information infrastructure that lets people tell family and friends that they are fine and well.

The Guardian features the work of French based Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) which sets up communication facilities in trouble spots, or disaster zones, around the world.

Representatives of the group have recently been working in Georgia, where many families were split up and found themselves either side of the fighting.

TSF has been up and running for ten years and in that time offered help to more than 50 countries, and works with many telecoms companies as well as other aid organisations.