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DDG: Teens Makes Website To Match Refugees With Families To Stay With

Harvard student Avi Schiffman is no stranger to helping others. In 2020 he got national attention for creating a website to track COVID. Now he’s teamed up with fellow Harvard student Marco Burstein to make a site to pair hosts with Ukrainian refugees.

The pair created Ukraine Take Shelter, a simplified Airbnb type site where people can sign up to host Ukrainians fleeing from the Russian invasion. Schiffman and Burstein worked their magic in three days and got help to get it translated into several languages.

Anyone who has a room, dorm, or home to open up to Ukrainians is welcome to sign up as a host, just like the thousands who’ve already done so. Unlike many government websites set up to help refugees, it’s easy to use and the info is right there. It’s as simple as refugees typing in their current locations and dozens of host offers pop up from the closest towns in neighboring countries.

Thousands have signed up to host and it’s saving lives.

Source: Washington Post

Document: Getty Images


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