Tagged: un refugee agency

May 8, 2022 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moved by the “plight” of Ukrainian refugees and “inspired” by the efforts of colleagues in Poland, VikingCloud, (previously dba Sysnet), a provider of cybersecurity and compliance solutions, has “joined forces with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.” VikingCloud has pledged “to match donations made via the… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 9:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, a leading crypto and blockchain infrastructure provider, has committed $10 million minimum to “help the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine” via its Binance Charity Foundation. As mentioned in the update, the donation will be “split between major intergovernmental organizations and nonprofit organizations already on the… Read More

October 13, 2015 @ 9:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 24 hours until its crowdfunding campaign dedicated to Syrian Refugees comes to an end, Kickstarter has successfully secured over $1.6 million thanks to 26,000 backers. Last week, Kickstarter’s Yancey Strickler announced that the White House reached out and asked if its team… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 8:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter is working with the White House once again. This time the project is a bit different though. Two weeks ago, the White House reached out to Kickstarter and asked if their platform could be utilized to aid in the refugee crisis that is besetting… Read More