Five digital activists have created a website to help provide shelter to survivors of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey
Just 48 hours after the earthquake reduced cities to rubble, Avi Schiffmann built TakeShelter, a site that connects displaced people with hosts around the world offering their homes as shelter. “Tens of thousands are currently freezing in the winter cold without shelter,” Schiffmann, 20, told CNN. “TakeShelter puts the power back into the hands of those displaced by the earthquake, allowing them to find shelter now instead of waiting in the cold or at overcrowded relief centers.
International organizations such as the UN Refugee Agency have warned that refugees and other forcibly displaced people are “an easy target for traffickers, who prey on the precariousness of their situation to exploit them.” To mitigate the risk and maintain the safety of the website and displaced people who use it, hosts undergo mandatory identity verification checks by taking a live photo of their government ID, which moderators then cross check against a live photo of their face.
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