Humans in the Loop
Organization Details
Humans in the Loop is an award-winning social enterprise which provides model training and validation services for Machine Learning. The Humans in the Loop Foundation provides training and career support to people affected by conflict who then go on to work in the Humans in the Loop profit making company.
Impact Story
Humans in the Loop is a hybrid between a non-profit foundation and a for-profit social enterprise which has been working for the past 6 years towards the inclusion of refugees and conflict-affected people in the AI supply chain, as well as in the digital work field, through upskilling and paid remote work opportunities. We are active across the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, and our work related opportunities are primarily focused on communities affected by armed conflict and are distributed with priority to countries where other remote online job opportunities are unavailable as for example Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon. In our additional partner countries Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and the DRC, with upcoming pilots in Kenya and Uganda, we concentrate on upskilling opportunities, equipping people with freelance related skills and then further supporting them in applying for remote work on platforms such as UpWork through our Mictrofreelancing self-paced course.
- 2020: 320 people provided with work; 11 provided with training;
2021: 486 people provided with work; 39 provided with training;
2022: 311 people provided with work; 295 provided with training;
In addition, we track the percentage of women annotators among our beneficiaries (currently 50.75%) and average earnings per person (currently 1,145.61 EUR).
Diverse Social Enterprise
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