AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Refugees and Migrants
KEYWORDS
refugees, migration
COUNTRY
Germany
DESIGNED BY
Golde Ebding, Mareike Geiling and Jonas Kakoschke
WEBSITE
http://www.refugees-welcome.net/
Refugees Welcome
Airbnb for refugees
Refugees Welcome, which matchmakes citizens willing to share their homes with displaced people, also receiving offers to set up schemes across EU.
To date, the website has assisted people fleeing from Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Syria find safe haven – even if just temporarily.
Aiming to offer the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing into Europe across the Mediterranean a safe home, the group also aims to “create a new culture of welcome” and help new arrivals integrate.