Upwork Announces Contribution to Support Airbnb.org’s Efforts to Provide Housing Relief to Refugees
June 13 2022 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Upwork donates $100,000 in services to help
Airbnb.org maximize its impact with access to highly-skilled
professionals
Upwork, the world’s work marketplace, today announced a donation
of $100,000 in talent credits to Airbnb.org, an independent
nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating temporary stays
for people in times of crisis around the world. Upwork’s
highly-skilled professionals will use their expertise to help power
Airbnb.org’s efforts to provide free temporary housing to evacuees,
relief workers, refugees, and asylum seekers – including its most
recent commitment to help up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine as
a result of the ongoing war.
With a network of independent professionals located in more than
180 countries offering expertise across more than 10,000 skills,
Upwork’s grant will connect Airbnb.org with freelance talent who
can be hired remotely and immediately to help meet a number of
needs, including creative design and NGO partner support, to scale
its humanitarian initiatives.
“Since the war in Ukraine began, it has been critical for us to
apply our resources to help support businesses and independent
professionals during this time while also supporting our mission of
creating economic opportunities so people have better lives,” said
Margaret Lilani, vice president of talent solutions at Upwork. “We
are proud to help Airbnb.org, a like-minded organization, find ways
to support communities when they are most in need.”
“Upwork brings more to the table than just a monetary donation.
Access to the network of highly skilled professionals across the
Upwork marketplace will help increase our impact during this
critical time and allow us to support those who have lost so much
and are working to rebuild their lives,” said Katherine Woo, Head
of Airbnb.org.
The inspiration for Airbnb.org began in 2012 with a single host
on Airbnb named Shell who opened up her home to people impacted by
Hurricane Sandy. This marked the beginning of a program that allows
hosts on Airbnb to provide stays for people in times of need. In
the past year, Airbnb.org announced it would offer free temporary
housing to refugees fleeing Afghanistan and Ukraine. In February,
the organization announced it has provided housing to more than
21,000 Afghan refugees, and it set a new goal of providing free,
temporary housing to another 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan,
Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America, and other
regions. Airbnb.org’s offer to provide housing to up to 100,000
refugees fleeing Ukraine is in addition to this broader effort, and
to date it has helped connect more than 25,000 people to temporary
stays.
About Upwork
Upwork is the world’s work marketplace. We serve everyone from
one-person startups to over 30% of the Fortune 100 with a powerful,
trust-driven platform that enables companies and talent to work
together in new ways that unlock their potential. Our talent
community earned over $3.3 billion on Upwork in 2021 across more
than 10,000 skills in categories including website & app
development, creative & design, customer support, finance &
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About Airbnb.org
Airbnb.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating
temporary stays for people in times of crisis around the world.
Airbnb.org operates independently and leverages Airbnb, Inc.'s
technology, services, and other resources at no charge to carry out
Airbnb.org’s charitable purpose. The inspiration for Airbnb.org
began in 2012 with a single host named Shell who opened up her home
to people impacted by Hurricane Sandy. This sparked a movement and
marked the beginning of a program that allows Hosts on Airbnb to
provide stays for people in times of need. Since then, the program
has evolved to focus on emergency response and to help provide
stays to evacuees, relief workers, refugees, asylum seekers, and
frontline workers fighting the spread of COVID-19. Since then,
Hosts have offered to open up their homes and helped provide
accommodations to 100,000 people in times of need. Airbnb.org is a
separate and independent entity from Airbnb, Inc. Airbnb, Inc. does
not charge service fees for Airbnb.org supported stays on its
platform.
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