-
Tips for becoming a good boxer - November 6, 2020
-
7 expert tips for making your hens night a memorable one - November 6, 2020
-
5 reasons to host your Christmas party on a cruise boat - November 6, 2020
-
What to do when you’re charged with a crime - November 6, 2020
-
Should you get one or multiple dogs? Here’s all you need to know - November 3, 2020
-
A Guide: How to Build Your Very Own Magic Mirror - February 14, 2019
-
Our Top Inspirational Baseball Stars - November 24, 2018
-
Five Tech Tools That Will Help You Turn Your Blog into a Business - November 24, 2018
-
How to Indulge on Vacation without Expanding Your Waist - November 9, 2018
-
5 Strategies for Businesses to Appeal to Today’s Increasingly Mobile-Crazed Customers - November 9, 2018
Google pledges millions for European refugee crisis
The goal is to collectively raise a total of $11 million to help the wave of refugees who need help and supplies. Rather than having an executive make the announcement, Rita Masoud, a Google employee who fled Kabul with her family when she was seven years old, wrote about her personal experience. Google ended June with $US70 billion in cash.
Advertisement
The donations made to Google will go to four nonprofit organisations that are offering aid to refugees and migrants.
“My family and I fled to Europe with our belongings in a single suitcase, hoping for a safer and better future”, Masoud wrote. They sought and ultimately received asylum in the Netherlands.
With millions of Syrians displaced by their nation’s civil war and countless others fleeing other unstable or poverty-stricken countries in the Middle East, Africa, and beyond, the situation for many people is desperate.
More than 300,000 refugees and migrants have traveled across the Mediterranean Sea this year, resulting in at least 2,500 people dying or going missing.
It’s hard not to be in the loop regarding the ongoing migrant and refugee crisis in Europe, but Google is preparing to do what it can to aid those now on the field. Uber launched UberGIVING on September 9, partnering with Save the Children United Kingdom to collect donations for refugee children free of charge.
Advertisement
The $5.5 million dollars come in addition to the $1 million donated by Google last week to front line refugee support groups.