A 20-year-old from Mercer Island is looking to help those impacted by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey. "The distribution is huge, and these online tools can really have a real-world impact," said 20-year-old Avi Schiffmann, the president and founder of the nonprofit organization, Internet Activism, which is essentially a digital helping hand for those in need. "For the last couple years, I've been working on Internet Activism related projects which means we kind of distribute online humanitarian tools across the internet to people in need when crisis strikes," said Schiffmann. Schiffmann and his team launched another website takeshelter.org to support those displaced by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. "Enter what city they are in and where they're headed and see these listings from host families and get in contact with them and hopefully get housed,” said Schiffmann. “And we've seen over 50 people so far post amazing listings and also this site is translated to Turkish." READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/mercer-island-man-help-earthquake-survivors/281-a8d2a65e-cd58-4682-9da0-ae312e530be9