Avi Schiffmann was a student at Mercer Island High School in 2020 when he launched the 'Coronavirus Dashboard.' Now, he’s 19, studying at Harvard, and has a new project. Learn more:
Avi Schiffmann was a student at Mercer Island High School in 2020 when he launched the
“They’re able to easily create it as a listing and publish it in their current city without having to give up their current location,” Schiffmann said. “They just include their contact information and refugees will contact them as soon as possible.” Schiffmann says they are also working directly with aid organizations to get listings verified in some way.While the focus is currently on countries in Eastern Europe, near Ukraine, it would work for any country around the world.
“I’ve gotten so many cool messages from people that really weren’t able to use anything else and found my website and were able to find listings as quick as possible, which has been amazing,” he said. “There was one message I got where this person didn’t know if he was going to make it out of Ukraine alive, had no idea where he was going to stay, just used my website, tapped in his local city, and immediately saw results, contacted a host and was able to find sanctuary as soon as possible.
“I could be talking to a Hungarian aid organization, while [Marco’s] fixing some translations on the site, and then we’re able to switch that up,” he noted. “It’s great to have a team this time, instead of the COVID site.”Looking ahead, Schiffmann says he’s interested in product design and design in general.
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