Rakuten launches charity; Airbnb helps refugees
Rakuten, an app for finding coupons and earning money back on purchases, has launched the Rakuten Clutch Special Charity Fund to help humanitarian aid to Ukraine, the company announced.
The company receives donations to help the people of Ukraine affected by the conflict. Donations will provide water, supplies and health services.
While the initiative was launched on Wednesday (March 23), the fund has already received more than 609,000 grants and reached 1.02 billion Japanese yen ($ 8.4 million).
The assistance will be provided to the Ukrainian Government, the Japan Committee of UNICEF and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Japan.
Save the Children Sweden has partnered with Airbnb.org to provide free housing to refugees fleeing Ukraine, the online rental housing market announced.
The initiative, called “Safe Start”, brings together non-profit organizations and the Swedish business community to help people fleeing Ukraine to Sweden, including facilitating temporary housing.
There are an estimated 200,000 Ukrainian refugees who can come to Sweden through June and there is an urgent need for short-term housing.
Three weeks ago, Airbnb.org undertook to offer free, short-term accommodation to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. Since then, more than 16,700 Europeans have registered to offer their homes to refugees free of charge or at a discount.
Anyone who wants to offer free or discounted accommodation to refugees can sign up Airbnb.org/ASafeStart.
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