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Konbit: Using Mobile Tech (and Your Voice) for Local Jobs in Haiti

Posted by MelissaUlbricht on Mar 15, 2011

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Konbit is a service that aims to help communities rebuild themselves after a crisis by indexing the skill sets of local residents, allowing NGOs to find and employ them. Konbit development started after the earthquake in Haiti, and in response to complaints that NGOs were typically bringing in their own labor, rather than hiring locally. The service allows Haitians to describe their everyday skills and talents, in their own voice and language, over a mobile phone.

This audio content is then transcribed and translated into job skill categories that can be searched by NGOs and employers in the area. In this way, Konbit combines mobile and Internet technology with something more accessible to the Haitian community: their own voice.

Basic Information
Website URL: 
http://konbit.media.mit.edu/
Organization involved in the project?: 
MIT Media Lab
Project goals: 

The goal of Konbit is to make job distribution more equitable by ensuring that Haitian nationals get jobs.

Brief description of the project: 

Konbit is a service that helps communities rebuild themselves after a crisis by indexing the skill sets of local residents, allowing NGOs to find and employ them. Konbit development started after the earthquake, in response to complaints about how NGOs were typically bringing in their own labor, rather than hiring locally. The service allows Haitians to describe their everyday skills and talents, in their own voice and language, over a mobile phone.

Target audience: 

Konbit's target audience is Haitian nationals who seek employment.

Detailed Information
Status: 
Ongoing
What worked well? : 

Konbit established a good working relationship with local mobile operator Digicel Haiti. The team also relied on a platform and approach that is familiar to the target audience: basic mobile phone and voice.

What did not work? What were the challenges?: 

Translation is taking longer than expected. Actual job placement has yet to happen. Forming relationships with NGOs and local job providers has been a challenge for Konbit.

Links to any evaluations/reports/research: 
http://konbit.media.mit.edu/ 


 




  
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