Samasource

Two nonprofits, a developer assistance program called Samasource and a student microloan project called Vittana, will also participate in the incubator program but can't receive funding due to the terms of FBFund.

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Funds raised at this year's Gala will go directly to training and hiring more women at Samasource Delivery Centers around the world.

Leila Chirayath Janah: Realizing the Economic Power of Women Leila Chirayath Janah 2011

One of our workers in a village in rural India wrote to us last year and said, "Because of Samasource, I now see the world."

Leila Chirayath Janah: Realizing the Economic Power of Women Leila Chirayath Janah 2011

Samasource now connects over 1,600 women and youth who make less than $3 a day to what they need most: work.

Leila Chirayath Janah: Realizing the Economic Power of Women Leila Chirayath Janah 2011

The income creates a multiplier effect -- by training marginalized women in digital work, Samasource not only provides direct employment, but also increases household spending on health and education, increases a woman's wages substantially over her lifetime, and decreases the likelihood that she will be forced to leave her community, and the social protections it offers, to find work.

Leila Chirayath Janah: Realizing the Economic Power of Women Leila Chirayath Janah 2011

Now, thanks to Samasource, Jacqueline digitizes books for a client halfway around the world Bookshare.org, the largest repository of reading materials for blind readers in the world.

Leila Chirayath Janah: Realizing the Economic Power of Women Leila Chirayath Janah 2011

Jacqueline's story is one of many that we have heard from over 600 women who've worked for Samasource.

Leila Chirayath Janah: Realizing the Economic Power of Women Leila Chirayath Janah 2011

Jacqueline, another one of our women workers, joined a Samasource Delivery Center in Nairobi, Kenya eight months ago.

Leila Chirayath Janah: Realizing the Economic Power of Women Leila Chirayath Janah 2011

Jacqueline, another one of our women workers, joined a Samasource Delivery Center in Nairobi, Kenya eight months ago.

Leila Chirayath Janah: Realizing the Economic Power of Women Leila Chirayath Janah 2011

Samasource now connects over 1,600 women and youth who make less than $3 a day to what they need most: work.

Leila Chirayath Janah: Realizing the Economic Power of Women Leila Chirayath Janah 2011