Airbnb has pledged to provide free housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees. CEO Brian Chesky said Airbnb would pay for the stays.
CEO Brian Chesky said Tuesday that the program would begin immediately, and that Airbnb would pay for the stays."The displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the US and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time. We feel a responsibility to step up," Chesky said in a series of posts on Twitter.Chesky said the company would work closely with NGOs and its nonprofit arm, Airbnb.
Read MoreTens of thousands of people have been attempting to leave Afghanistan in recent days after the country's capital, Kabul, fell to the Taliban. Many Afghans have come to the airport in Kabul in hopes of departing on evacuation flights operated by the United States and other governments.Decades of conflict in Afghanistan has already produced an acute refugee crisis. There are almost 2.
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Airbnb Offers Free Housing To 20,000 Afghan RefugeesI am a London-based reporter for Forbes covering breaking news. Previously, I have worked as a reporter for a specialist legal publication covering big data and as a freelance journalist and policy analyst covering science, tech and health. I have a master’s degree in Biological Natural Sciences and a master’s degree in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge. Follow me on Twitter theroberthart or email me at rhartforbes.com
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