Last week, Samasource’s brokerage service scored our biggest contract to date– a book validation pilot project with Bookshare.org, one of the many technology-driven projects initiated at Benetech, an award-winning nonprofit based in Palo Alto and led by veteran social entrepreneur Jim Fruchterman. Bookshare provides print disabled people in the US access to over 40,000 books and periodicals via large print, digital to audio, and braille formats.
The service provider that secured this project, Daproim, is a Nairobi-based firm headed by Steve Muthee, a dynamic Kenyan entrepreneur who strives to create opportunities for young people in his hometown through socially responsible outsourcing. We’re very proud to include Daproim in our portfolio of service providers, and look forward to building lasting partnerships with more organizations like Benetech.
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Hi Leila, Joy, Jim and Daproim:
This is fantastic validation of Samasource’s business model.
Many thanks to Jim and Benetech for being so ahead of the curve, and following the ethical path.
All the best,
Bruce
Congrats! Looks like things are going superbly, and I can only imagine what its like to bridge California and Kenya, in a socially responsible manner.
Hi Leila,
Thats good work Samasource is doing more so, students in Makerere University were happy for having opened them to the world of developers. Thanks to Leila and team