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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

Now, the team plans to expand the initiative to Paris and Lviv, Ukraine. I had some money, and I was able to quickly raise more. Ukraine has a lot of people coming back from the war that need access. Once the snowball was rolling, everyone jumped on board very quickly, he says.

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Russia blocks Twitter as Ukraine invasion escalates

The Verge

As the invasion of Ukraine enters its third day, Russia has blocked access to Twitter in an apparent effort to stifle the flow of information, according to a report from the internet monitoring group NetBlocks. Fighting remains heated across Ukraine as Russian forces focus their attack on the capital city Kyiv.

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Bundle for Ukraine raised nearly $6.4 million for charity

TechSpot

The Bundle for Ukraine launched earlier this month, offering up nearly 600 video games as well as hundreds of analog tabletop RPGs and dozens of asset packs, comics, zines, books and soundtracks. The bundle started at just $10 although itch.io encouraged shoppers to pay a bit more if they could.

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Fortnite has already raised $36 million for Ukraine relief

The Verge

On Sunday, Epic Games released a new season of Fortnite and, with it, a promise that for two weeks, all of its proceeds from the game would go towards humanitarian relief for Ukraine. One day later, the developer revealed that it has already raised $36 million as part of the effort. A huge bundle of nearly 1,000 games on Itch.io

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Twitter accounts sharing video from Ukraine are being suspended when they’re needed most

The Verge

Researchers raised concerns that the account suspension could have been part of a mass reporting campaign intended to disable OSINT accounts during a Russian invasion. Supporters of Ukraine are concerned that the removal of Twitter accounts sharing OSINT from the region could benefit Russian military goals in the region.

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Epic is donating two weeks of Fortnite proceeds to Ukraine relief

The Verge

A new season of Fortnite is launching today, and developer Epic will be donating all of its proceeds from the first two weeks to Ukraine-related humanitarian efforts. As part of the effort, Microsoft will also be “committing their net proceeds for Fortnite during this time, so that we can get more aid to the people of Ukraine.”

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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

Since March 11, when Candid last looked at the global philanthropic response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, human suffering and economic devastation has only increased. Other marginalized groups fare even worse, accounting for less than 1% of Ukraine grant dollars. Ukraine and neighboring countries. Area Served.

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