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We've moved 70,000 PEOPLE out of POVERTY

Name: We've moved 70,000 PEOPLE out of POVERTY
Uploaded: 2025-07-31T14:00:33+00:00
Duration: 34 s
Channel: Richie Cotton
Description: Sama has moved nearly 70,000 people out of poverty by hiring based on economic need rather than credentials. The organization targets families below the…

31 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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Sama has moved nearly 70,000 people out of poverty by hiring based on economic need rather than credentials. The organization targets families below the World Bank poverty line, betting that talent exists everywhere but opportunity doesn't.

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So We've moved almost 70,000 people out of poverty since we have started this, this company. What we do is we have an impact hiring model where we hire on the basis of impact. So that means household incomes that fall below the World bank poverty standard. And really the key here is that there's so many talented people, lots of just incredibly talented people, but they lack the opportunity. Sama means equal instead of Sanskrit. We are really just trying to level the playing field by providing job opportunities to people who would have huge barriers otherwise, but they're still really talented. So we open the door. But our great and talented workforce is the ones who walk through it.