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== History ==
== History ==
Social Income was established in December 2019 and became operational in March 2020, coinciding with the onset of the [[COVID-19]] crisis.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.borgenmagazine.com/social-income/ |title=Social Income: A Will and a Way to End Poverty |website=Borgen Magazine |quote=In March 2020, the organization began sending its first cash transfers. |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> While individual donors, pledging 1% of their income, provide the majority of financial donations,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://socialincome.org/finances |title=Finances |website=Social Income |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> operational costs are also supported by corporate contributions, prize money such as the Lean Innovation Award,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kernen|first1=Cécile|title=Lean Innovation Award – Melden Sie jetzt Ihre Idee an |url=https://www.jungfrauzeitung.ch/artikel/202960/|work=Jungfrau Zeitung|date=9 September 2022|language=de |trans-title=Lean Innovation Award – Get your idea registered |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> and support from the [[Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation]] in the framework of the Humanitarian Innovation Exchange and Accelerator.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y_XB3LHQNjJWZCixf5YsqS7y0N_NwAKH/view?usp=sharing |title=Letter of Confirmation for the Participation in the Humanitarian Innovation Exchange and Accelerator 2021 |author=Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation |date=17 August 2021 |format=PDF |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
Social Income was established in December 2019 and became operational in March 2020, coinciding with the onset of the [[COVID-19]] crisis.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.borgenmagazine.com/social-income/ |title=Social Income: A Will and a Way to End Poverty |website=Borgen Magazine |date=October 22, 2021 |quote=In March 2020, the organization began sending its first cash transfers. |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> While individual donors, pledging 1% of their income, provide the majority of financial donations,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://socialincome.org/finances |title=Finances |website=Social Income |access-date=18 September 2023 |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005212208/https://socialincome.org/finances |url-status=dead }}</ref> operational costs are also supported by corporate contributions, prize money such as the Lean Innovation Award,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kernen|first1=Cécile|title=Lean Innovation Award – Melden Sie jetzt Ihre Idee an |url=https://www.jungfrauzeitung.ch/artikel/202960/|work=Jungfrau Zeitung|date=9 September 2022|language=de |trans-title=Lean Innovation Award – Get your idea registered |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> and support from the [[Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation]] in the framework of the Humanitarian Innovation Exchange and Accelerator.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y_XB3LHQNjJWZCixf5YsqS7y0N_NwAKH/view?usp=sharing |title=Letter of Confirmation for the Participation in the Humanitarian Innovation Exchange and Accelerator 2021 |author=Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation |date=17 August 2021 |format=PDF |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>


== Operations ==
== Operations ==
===COVID-19 support===
===COVID-19 support===
Social Income initiated over 2,000 payments to individuals adversely affected by the economic repercussions of COVID-19 restrictions. As the pandemic began to impact West African nations, leading to border closures, the project was concurrently launched to address the emerging needs. Recipients of the program are guaranteed support for a duration of three years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pszeitung.ch/eigentlich-ist-ein-prozent-eine-frechheit/ |title=Eigentlich ist ein Prozent eine Frechheit |website=PS Zeitung |quote=Social Income garantiert das Grundeinkommen für drei Jahre. |trans-title=Actually, one percent is an impertinence |access-date=18 September 2023|trans-quote=Social Income guarantees basic income for three years}}</ref>
Social Income initiated over 2,000 payments to individuals adversely affected by the economic repercussions of COVID-19 restrictions. As the pandemic began to impact West African nations, leading to border closures, the project was concurrently launched to address the emerging needs. Recipients of the program are guaranteed support for a duration of three years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pszeitung.ch/eigentlich-ist-ein-prozent-eine-frechheit/ |title=Eigentlich ist ein Prozent eine Frechheit |website=PS Zeitung |date=June 24, 2022 |quote=Social Income garantiert das Grundeinkommen für drei Jahre. |trans-title=Actually, one percent is an impertinence |access-date=18 September 2023|trans-quote=Social Income guarantees basic income for three years}}</ref>


===Basic income experiment===
===Basic income experiment===
In March 2020, Social Income launched an open-ended experiment to test a [[universal basic income]] (UBI) in [[Sierra Leone]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kunsten.be/en/now-in-the-arts/social-income-sh-sl/ |title=MIT Solve |author=Flanders Arts Institute |date=28 February 2023 |website=Flanders Arts Institute |publisher=Flanders Arts Institute |access-date=January 5, 2024}}</ref> The instalments are paid out unconditional.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://daslamm.ch/eigentlich-ist-ein-prozent-eine-frechheit/ |title=Eigentlich ist ein Prozent eine Frechheit |website=Das Lamm |quote=Sie können mit diesem Geld machen, was sie wollen, und wissen am besten, wie sie sich aus ihrer schwierigen Lage befreien können. |trans-title=Actually, one percent is an impertinence |access-date=18 September 2023|trans-quote=They can do whatever they want with this money, and they know best how to get themselves out of their difficult situation.}}</ref> The country was selected for this experiment due to its significant poverty levels, with 59.2 percent of the population living in poverty.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/Country-Profiles/MPI/SLE.pdf |title=Country Profile: Sierra Leone |website=Human Development Reports |publisher=United Nations Development Programme |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> Social Income differs from other universal basic income projects like [[GiveDirectly]] in that it operates as an open-source initiative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.blog/2023-03-13-introducing-activating-developers-and-the-new-digital-public-goods-open-source-community-manager-program/ |title=Introducing Activating Developers and the new Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program |website=The GitHub Blog |date=13 March 2023 |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/socialincome-san/public |title=Public Repository |website=GitHub |publisher=Social Income |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
In March 2020, Social Income launched an open-ended experiment to test a [[universal basic income]] (UBI) in [[Sierra Leone]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kunsten.be/en/now-in-the-arts/social-income-sh-sl/ |title=MIT Solve |author=Flanders Arts Institute |date=28 February 2023 |website=Flanders Arts Institute |access-date=January 5, 2024}}</ref> The instalments are paid out unconditional.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://daslamm.ch/eigentlich-ist-ein-prozent-eine-frechheit/ |title=Eigentlich ist ein Prozent eine Frechheit |website=Das Lamm |date=June 15, 2022 |quote=Sie können mit diesem Geld machen, was sie wollen, und wissen am besten, wie sie sich aus ihrer schwierigen Lage befreien können. |trans-title=Actually, one percent is an impertinence |access-date=18 September 2023|trans-quote=They can do whatever they want with this money, and they know best how to get themselves out of their difficult situation.}}</ref> The country was selected for this experiment due to its significant poverty levels, with 59.2 percent of the population living in poverty.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/Country-Profiles/MPI/SLE.pdf |title=Country Profile: Sierra Leone |website=Human Development Reports |publisher=United Nations Development Programme |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> Social Income differs from other universal basic income projects like [[GiveDirectly]] in that it operates as an open-source initiative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.blog/2023-03-13-introducing-activating-developers-and-the-new-digital-public-goods-open-source-community-manager-program/ |title=Introducing Activating Developers and the new Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program |website=The GitHub Blog |date=13 March 2023 |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/socialincome-san/public |title=Public Repository |website=GitHub |publisher=Social Income |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 02:28, 14 February 2024

Social Income
Founded2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Typenon-profit organization
PurposeAlleviating extreme poverty through cash transfers
Location
Area served
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Founding Director
Sandino Scheidegger
Employees
Approx 15
Websitesocialincome.org

Social Income is a nonprofit organization based in Switzerland that provides unconditional cash transfers via mobile phone to people living in multidimensional poverty in West Africa. Since 2020, Social Income has been running an open-ended universal basic income program in Sierra Leone.[1][2]

History[edit]

Social Income was established in December 2019 and became operational in March 2020, coinciding with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.[3] While individual donors, pledging 1% of their income, provide the majority of financial donations,[4] operational costs are also supported by corporate contributions, prize money such as the Lean Innovation Award,[5] and support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in the framework of the Humanitarian Innovation Exchange and Accelerator.[6]

Operations[edit]

COVID-19 support[edit]

Social Income initiated over 2,000 payments to individuals adversely affected by the economic repercussions of COVID-19 restrictions. As the pandemic began to impact West African nations, leading to border closures, the project was concurrently launched to address the emerging needs. Recipients of the program are guaranteed support for a duration of three years.[7]

Basic income experiment[edit]

In March 2020, Social Income launched an open-ended experiment to test a universal basic income (UBI) in Sierra Leone.[8] The instalments are paid out unconditional.[9] The country was selected for this experiment due to its significant poverty levels, with 59.2 percent of the population living in poverty.[10] Social Income differs from other universal basic income projects like GiveDirectly in that it operates as an open-source initiative.[11][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Stanford Basic Income Lab (January 1, 2022). "Map of Universal Basic Income Experiments". The Stanford Basic Income Lab. Stanford University. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  2. ^ MIT (February 1, 2022). "Financial Inclusion Challenge Social Income". Massachusetts Institute of Technology Solve. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Social Income: A Will and a Way to End Poverty". Borgen Magazine. October 22, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2023. In March 2020, the organization began sending its first cash transfers.
  4. ^ "Finances". Social Income. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  5. ^ Kernen, Cécile (September 9, 2022). "Lean Innovation Award – Melden Sie jetzt Ihre Idee an" [Lean Innovation Award – Get your idea registered]. Jungfrau Zeitung (in German). Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  6. ^ Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (August 17, 2021). "Letter of Confirmation for the Participation in the Humanitarian Innovation Exchange and Accelerator 2021" (PDF). Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  7. ^ "Eigentlich ist ein Prozent eine Frechheit" [Actually, one percent is an impertinence]. PS Zeitung. June 24, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2023. Social Income garantiert das Grundeinkommen für drei Jahre. [Social Income guarantees basic income for three years]
  8. ^ Flanders Arts Institute (February 28, 2023). "MIT Solve". Flanders Arts Institute. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "Eigentlich ist ein Prozent eine Frechheit" [Actually, one percent is an impertinence]. Das Lamm. June 15, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2023. Sie können mit diesem Geld machen, was sie wollen, und wissen am besten, wie sie sich aus ihrer schwierigen Lage befreien können. [They can do whatever they want with this money, and they know best how to get themselves out of their difficult situation.]
  10. ^ "Country Profile: Sierra Leone" (PDF). Human Development Reports. United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  11. ^ "Introducing Activating Developers and the new Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program". The GitHub Blog. March 13, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "Public Repository". GitHub. Social Income. Retrieved September 18, 2023.

External links[edit]

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