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Samasource Associate Christine Shepherd Shares Her Experience in Haiti

August 13, 2010 in Haiti, Nonprofits, Social Enterprise by admin
As a business and international relations graduate student, I knew that choosing to spend my summer in Haiti working for Samasource would open my eyes to the challenges of operating in a third world environment. Intense heat, power outages and lack of running water are commonplace here, and of course do their part to try [...]

Interviewing the Workers of 1,000 Jobs/Haiti

April 2, 2010 in Haiti, Nonprofits, Stories by ricky
Right before the January 12th earthquake in Haiti, Samasource  brought on its newest Service Partner, 1,000 Jobs/Haiti. In the wake of the earthquake, the Haitian team immediately got to work on an important new project, translating emergency SMS messages as part of the Mission 4636 project. Samasource is helping to rebuild lives by creating much needed [...]

Rebuilding Haiti: Samasource’s Part

March 25, 2010 in Haiti, Outsourcing, Stories, Technology by chelsea
Samasource's engineering team (Eric Nguyen and Alex Onsager) travelled to Haiti at the end of April to establish our first microwork center in the country. Read about the earthquake, Samasource's investment in Haiti, and our workers' part in an innovative emergency SMS system.