'I couldn't sit there and do nothing': These teens created a website matching Ukrainian refugees with hosts offering shelter [cnn.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 3/21/229:30 AM

By Alaa Elassar, Photo: Thierry Pasquet, CNN US, March 20, 2022

Two Harvard University students have created a website connecting thousands of Ukrainian refugees with hosts around the world offering them a safe haven.

The idea was born when Avi Schiffmann attended a pro-Ukraine demonstration while visiting San Diego, where he came face to face with hundreds of Ukrainian Americans sharing distressing stories and pleading for help.

"I remember thinking, 'I know how to design websites with big platforms,' so how could I not do anything to help?" Schiffmann, 19, told CNN. "They need assistance, immediately and on a really big scale, and I had to find a way to make that happen as soon as possible."

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