Getting Lap Tops for Schools in Tortosa

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We've got 75 people there on the ground in tortosa that have helped them when they land. We arranged with an apartment hotel for a discounted rate, which we're paying for the first three months. Some of our employees have spent a considerable amount of time greeting them and helping them figure out how to get signed up for health care. It's really helped them build more of a community. They don't speak spanish, some of them speak english, but at least they have other ucranians near them that they can help that can help each other. And so we've started to provide lap tops from our inventory,. not to the contractors, because theyalready have them from

“Don't let the roadblocks get in the way when there are people who need you desperately.” Eric Friedrichsen, the CEO of Emburse, a B2B software provider, has navigated around risks and financial costs to meet the needs of tech contractors based in Ukraine. Part of that response includes the company’s offer to relocate people and families to Spain, where Emburse’s European headquarters is located. The company’s executives are also personally funding housing costs for colleagues taking refuge in Poland. These choices haven’t come without obstacles for Emburse. But as Friedrichsen explains, the benefits are moral, communal, and even quantifiable for the business.

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