Airbnb's charitable arm, Airbnb.org, has announced it will provide temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees that have left the country in recent days as the Taliban swept to power.
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Microsoft has highlighted some of its programs that have been deployed to support and empower refugees. The company has also announce a couple of new initiatives for the same purpose.
Microsoft is joining the ID2020 alliance as a founding member to develop a secure form of digital identity. Moreover, the tech giant will be donating $1 million to the non-profit global partnership.
Microsoft and Accenture have teamed up and demoed a blockchain-based identity network as part of the ID2020 initiative. The project aims to give everyone access to a digital, legal ID by 2030.
After success helping people to appeal parking tickets in London and New York, a chatbot powered by Facebook Messenger called "DoNotPay" now provides refugees and asylum seekers with free legal aid.
