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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Ukraine Take Shelter is giving thousands of new homes to refugees. It was built by a 19-year-old Harvard student

Avi Schiffmann and Marco Burstein

A Harvard University student is matching Ukrainian refugees fleeing their homes in the war-torn nation with people offering spare rooms or a couch to sleep on in their homes all around the world.

Avi Schiffmann, a 19-year-old neurophilosophy student, spoke to the The Independent last month about how he and his classmate Marco Burnstein, 18, launched the website Ukraine Take Shelter to help the more than two million Ukrainians who have so far escaped from Russia’s attack as they desperately try to find temporary places to stay.

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