{"id":1848,"date":"2010-12-16T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2011-02-07T22:45:27","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T05:45:27","slug":"giving-back-day-9-give-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/giving-back-day-9-give-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Back Day 9: Give Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Samasource<\/a> is a nonprofit that connects people living in poverty to work via the Internet. This “microwork” – small quantities of labor that can be done anytime and anywhere – enables marginalized people, from refugees in Kenya to women in rural Pakistan, to receive life-changing economic opportunities.<\/p>\n

One of the most effective ways to encourage people to contribute to your cause is to make idiosyncratic fits <\/em>between their talents, skills, or interests and what you need to accomplish.<\/strong> Samasource excels at offering many different ways to take action, depending on the time and resources of the donor. You can give jobs<\/a> to the Samasource workforce, give money<\/a>, spread the word, or now\u2013download their iPhone app<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Samasource and Crowdflower’s new iPhone app, Give Work<\/em>, lets you support refugees in Dadaab, Kenya\u2014the world\u2019s largest refugee site\u2014in minutes by completing short, on-screen tasks. The refugees are training to complete these same tasks and, by volunteering to tag a video or trace a road, you will generate money to support their training as well as valuable data to help focus future training programs.<\/p>\n

How do you get Give Work<\/em> onto your iPhone so you can start helping now?<\/strong> You can download it from the Apple iTunes app store<\/a>. You can also open App Store on your iPhone and search for “Give Work.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Samasource is a nonprofit that connects people living in poverty to work via the Internet. This “microwork” – small quantities of labor that can be done anytime and anywhere – enables marginalized people, from refugees in Kenya to women in rural Pakistan, to receive life-changing economic opportunities. One of the most effective ways to encourage … <\/p>\n

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