New iPhone App Makes Jobs For Refugees In Dedaab Kenya
by ERICA LIEPMANN, Causecast Associate Editor
It might sound like a pretty outlandish idea that an iPhone application can provide jobs for refugees in Kenya, but the folks behind the Give Work App are dreaming big!
Give Work is a joint effort between Samasource, a non-profit organization working to provide Internet-based jobs for poor people around the world, and CrowdFlower, a San Francisco based company that provides accessible outsourced labor as an online service. Dadaab, Kenya is home to extreme poverty and the largest refugee camp in the world. Through the Give Work system, refugees in Dadaab receive Internet training and well-paying, dignified jobs.
You can download the Give Work Application to your iPhone and donate your time to help refugees now!
Here’s how it works:
1. A U.S. company submits an online job to CrowdFlower to be completed by a refugee in Dadaab, Kenya.
2. The refugee at Samasource completes the task immediately.
3. An iPhone user in the U.S. donates their time to double check the work.
4. The company that requested the work receives quick results, that are double checked for accuracy. The refugee worker is paid for their work and is able to improve their quality of life. And the iPhone user…well, they get to alleviate their boredom while helping others!
Meet Paul and Eric, two of the Samasource employees in Kenya whose lives have been improved by the job training and steady source of income:
Download the Give Work Application to your iPhone today!
Photo by William Hook, flickr.
- Posted by Causecast
Related causes: Community, Human Rights
Related Articles
-
Greenpeace Researchers Set Off To Find The Truth About Oil Contamination In The Gulf
With accusations flying that reports by BP and the government drastically misrepresent the amount...
- 08.25.10
- |
- 06:00pm
-
Cut Your Consumption For A 'Weekend Without Oil'
Can you cut out oil for a weekend? It entails a lot more than just not driving! Find out how to s...
- 08.19.10
- |
- 04:39pm
-
America's Greenest Colleges And Universities
The Sierra Club has released their list of the greenest colleges across America. Did your school ...
- 08.18.10
- |
- 05:44pm
-
Floods In Pakistan Affect 20 Million People
According to the United Nations, the devastating floods that have hit Pakistan have affected 20 m...
- 08.17.10
- |
- 06:36pm
-
Judge Overturns Proposition 8, Legalizing Gay Marriage In California
Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled that Proposition 8, the ballot initiative which made gay marriage i...
- 08.04.10
- |
- 06:04pm
Outsourcing: building your tower up from the bricks below.
Philanthropic Outsourcing: building your tower up from the bricks below and feeling good about it.
ehh, not sure how I feel about this.