samasource 2013 q1 impact report
DESCRIPTION
To date, Samasource has paid 3,554 workers to complete digital tasks, and these workers have supported 11,017 dependents. This brings our total number of beneficiaries to 14,571. Our Q1 Impact report focuses on how worker spending indicates movement out of poverty. What have these 3,554 workers done with their increase in wages? Our surveys show that they’re able to spend more where it counts--on shelter, food, education, local remittances, and savings.TRANSCRIPT
“Six years into our global data collection effort, we may have already found the single most searing, clarifying, helpful, world-altering fact. What the whole world wants is a good job.”
JIM CLIFTONCHAIRMAN, GALLUPThe Coming Jobs War (2011)
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POVERTY IS A GLOBAL ISSUE
1 Latest poverty statistics from United Nations and World Bank; Local poverty lines in nominal USD, measured as those living under $2.00 (PPP)
HAITI78% earn under $1.30/day
UGANDA65% earn under $0.89/day
GHANA52% earn under $0.80/day
KENYA67% earn under $1.37/day
INDIA69% earn under $0.79/day
POVERTY IS A GLOBAL ISSUEPROPORTION OF POPULATION LIVING UNDER THE LOCAL POVERTY LINE 1
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Samasource dramatically reduces poverty by providing digital work to women and youth in impoverished regions.
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3,554 women and youth have earned a living wage via dignified work through Samasource.
OUR FORMULA FOR IMPACT IS SIMPLE
XOUR IMPACT BREADTH DEPTH=
Total number of workers and income dependents.
By employing women and youth in poverty, we enable them to support themselves as well as their immediate and extended families.
Workers’ increase in lifetime earnings.
Workers earn a living wage that improves their quality of life and learn professional skills that allow them to pull themselves out of poverty permanently.
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Workers Income Dependents People Directly Impacted
3,554 11,017 14,571+ =
= 100 people
Since 2008, our workers have earned a total of $1.9 million USD in direct wages and benefits.Data indicates that our workers support an average of 3.6 income dependents.1We expect to impact over 20,000 women and youth by the end of 2013.
MISSION PROGRESS TO DATE IMPACT BREADTH
1 For workers that have dependents (over 90% of our workers). 5
KENYA
429INDIA
165UGANDA
147GHANA
18HAITI
22
ACTIVE WORKERS IN Q1 100 NEW WORKERS TOTAL 781 ACTIVE WORKERS
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We collect multiple sets of data on our workers from their first training session onward.1These measurements allow us to understand in detail how Samasource has impacted their lives.
Online Survey
A B C D
Assessment Tests
Household Survey
Exit SurveyOnline Survey
A B C D
Assessment Tests Facebook
Mobile
In Person
START
BASELINE
5-6 MONTHS
FOLLOW-UP
9-12 MONTHS
EXIT SURVEY
1-2 YEARS+
POST-SAMASOURCE
M&E SYSTEM: HOW WE MEASURE IMPACT
1 Greyed icons indicate exit survey enhancements expected by the end of 2013. 7
$12$5
$13
$5
$15
$7
$23
$6
$24
$14
$26
$13
$40
$20
$48
$21
Shelter Food EducationTransport Utilities Local Remittances
DiscretionaryIncome
Savings
Pre-SamasourceSamasource Worker
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
WORKER SPENDING = MOVEMENT OUT OF POVERTY
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Tracking our workers’ household expenditures allows us to determine whether the wages we provide truly transform their lives. We collect this data by administering online surveys to all workers after five months of Samasource employment.1
This report focuses on: shelter, food, education, local remittances, and savings. Increased spending in these categories is strongly associated with an increase in quality of life.2
1 Data from 300+ follow-up surveys in 2012, Kenya; Currency has been converted to USD2 Study on increased income and household expenditures by Kiva.org
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WORKER SPENDING = MOVEMENT OUT OF POVERTY
SHELTERA living wage enables workers to provide safer housing options for their families along with other basic necessities such as clean water, electricity, etc.
$48
$21
EDUCATIONEducation provides workers and their families access to greater economic opportunities in the long-term.
$24$14
NUTRITION AND FOOD SECURITYImprovements in diet provided by a living wage prevent chronic malnutrition, as well as related physical and mental developmental issues that are rampant in the third world.
$40$20
DISCRETIONARY INCOMEWorkers increase their spend on non-essential goods and services, improving their quality of life and stimulating local economies with new capital.
$23$6
LOCAL REMITTANCESWorkers that earn enough to send remittances not only support their own well-being, but their families’ as well.
$13$5
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IMPROVES LIFE FOR EXTENDED FAMILIESOur workers are usually their households’ primary income earners, providing for up to 85% of total household expenses in essential categories like food, education, health, and shelter.1 Workers, as a result of Samasource wages, are also able to provide more for their immediate and extended families.
85%
INCREASES FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE71% of workers report having a greater sense of financial independence through formal work.2 Instead of depending on others, our workers become providers.
71%
REVITALIZES LOCAL ECONOMIES Our workers more than triple their discretionary spending, injecting new capital into their local economies.
3X
THE BROADER EFFECTS OF A LIVING WAGE
1 Based on 300+ survey respondents in 2012 in Kenya.2 Based on 99 surveys from former Samasource workers in Kenya and India in 2013.
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“I am confident that as long as Samasource is able to give us work,I have a bright future and will make things work for my family....I am now saving some money so that I can take courses in fine arts.”
PETER, AGE 25NAIROBI, KENYA
PETER’S STORY >>11
Caroline has lived her entire life among the squalor of Kenya’s Mukuri kwa Ngenga slum. She has two children whom she’s supported by working at day care centers for less than $12 a month.
Samasource found Caroline through a business process outsourcing class at a local community college in Nairobi. She now works at a Samasource delivery center completing digital work and earns over ten times her previous paycheck.
MEET CAROLINE, AGE 31NAIROBI, KENYA
CAROLINE’S STORY >>
“I am very happy that Samasource gave me this opportunity to make a better life for myself and my family.”
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MEET DERRICK, AGE 21GULU, UGANDA
Derrick’s father died when he was very young, forcing his mother to provide for her children on her own. She supported Derrick’s primary and secondary education, but he was forced to drop out of college due to the cost of tuition.
Samasource recruited Derrick for their work center at Gulu University. The wages he earns have allowed him to continue studying and to improve the lives of his family members.
DERRICK’S STORY >>
“I desire to one day own a center like this. One that will help eradicate poverty... That’s what I look forward to.”
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