http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/08/samasource-planting-seeds-for-fair-trade-outsourcing/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/08/samasource-planting-seeds-for-fair-trade-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-68245 Samasource and the Business of Alleviating Poverty | Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:10:37 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=10931#comment-68245 [...] We’ve covered the inspiring work of Samasource before. But we felt we’d be remiss for wrapping up our series on the social side of sustainability without including another look at this innovative effort.  Though it is a non-profit, Samasource works as a bridge between profit-based, socially-responsible companies, and marginalized people in countries such as Africa and throughout Asia, linking them with Internet-based work for firms in Bay Area. Samasource screens and then provides training and project management tools to small businesses and nonprofit training centers in the poorest parts of the world. [...] [...] We’ve covered the inspiring work of Samasource before. But we felt we’d be remiss for wrapping up our series on the social side of sustainability without including another look at this innovative effort.  Though it is a non-profit, Samasource works as a bridge between profit-based, socially-responsible companies, and marginalized people in countries such as Africa and throughout Asia, linking them with Internet-based work for firms in Bay Area. Samasource screens and then provides training and project management tools to small businesses and nonprofit training centers in the poorest parts of the world. [...]

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/08/samasource-planting-seeds-for-fair-trade-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-15780 Marco Puccia : Business and Development (Reposted) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:54:24 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=10931#comment-15780 [...] Samasource: Planting Seeds for Fair Trade Outsourcing (via Triple Pundit) – Samasource is a cool non-profit that can be likened to the “fair-trade” version of oDesk (the popular freelancing website). They provide women and marginalized people with the IT training and then connect them with small businesses looking to outsource work. Check out their website. [...] [...] Samasource: Planting Seeds for Fair Trade Outsourcing (via Triple Pundit) – Samasource is a cool non-profit that can be likened to the “fair-trade” version of oDesk (the popular freelancing website). They provide women and marginalized people with the IT training and then connect them with small businesses looking to outsource work. Check out their website. [...]

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