Harvard University freshmen Avi Schiffmann and Marco Burshtein in just three days, we created the site Ukraine Take Shelte with information in 12 languages to help Ukrainian refugees in search of temporary housing.
In the first week alone, more than 4,000 potential hosts around the world, including in the US, were reportedly placed on the resource. And the number of offers from people who express a desireto shelter Ukrainians who are fleeing a terrible war is growing.
— What we've done is release a super-fast, stripped down version of Airbnb, — Avi Schiffmann said.
Two years earlier, when he was 17, he developed a website to track the coronavirus spread around the world. The site was well received so much that he was honored with the prestigious Webby Person of the Year award in 2020.
Avi admits that after participating in a protest demonstrationagainst the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he began to think about how to really help the bleeding country. He wanted to make something that would have an instant effect.
And then he got the idea to make a website for Ukrainian refugees who need housing .
He sought the help of people who speak other languages to translate the website into Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Czech and Romanian languages.
I then wrote to my Harvard classmate Marco Burstein, an 18-year-old computer coding genius, and asked for help.
The guys almost non-stop texted and chatted via FaceTime to create a website that is easy to navigate for people offering help and those seeking it.
As a result, the Ukraine Take Shelter website was launched March 3, 2022.
