*By: Madison Alworth*
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia says his company's partnership with the Malala Fund will champion what he calls "21st century philanthropy."
The home-rental company announced plans this week to dedicate a number of employees to improving the online donation tool and overall efficiency of the [Malala Fund](https://www.malala.org/), the education nonprofit founded by activist and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai.
Gebbia's team has been tasked with strengthening the fund's brand identity and methods of storytelling.
"I put a team together inside of the company of our best storytellers, our best branding experts, our best designers, and we really went heads down on this to figure out how we could tell her story in a new context," he explained.
For Gebbia, this is a logical step in his company's commitment to the fund.
"Companies not only \[give\] checks to help organizations, but their time, their resources, and their talents to go out and solve for problems in the world," he said in an interview with Cheddar.
Gebbia has served on the Malala Fund’s Leadership Council since 2015. After realizing the fund was strapped for resources, he conceived an idea to donate serviceーinstead of money.
"At Airbnb, we are experts at internet product," said Gebbia. "And as we were talking to Malala and looking at her organization, we discovered that there might be an overlap of the needs of the Malala Fund."
The goal? Upgrading the overall user experience. In a press release announcing the tie-up, Airbnb product lead Lenny Rachitsky said the company was looking to make donating to such nonprofits "as easy as humanly possible.” For inspiration, Rachitsky reviewed the company's own booking modelーhe hopes to eventually model the Malala Fund's online portal on Airbnb's system.
Mechanics aside, the fund's chief goal remains clear: greater access to education for girls around the globe.
For the full segment, [click here.](https://cheddar.com/videos/airbnb-teams-up-with-malala-fund)
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Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after they joined in a massive merger that created one of the biggest food companies on the planet. One of the companies will include brands such as Heinz, Philadelphia cream cheese and Kraft Mac & Cheese. The other will include brands like Oscar Mayer, Kraft Singles and Lunchables. When the company formed in 2015 it wanted to capitalize on its massive scale, but shifting tastes complicated those plans, with households seeking to introduce healthier options at the table. Kraft Heinz's net revenue has fallen every year since 2020.
About 780,000 pressure washers sold at retailers like Home Depot are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada, due to a projectile hazard that has resulted in fractures and other injuries among some consumers.
President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie ahead of the board considering the largest railroad merger ever proposed.
