DignifAI is a digital economy integration and data-labeling project that aims to provide work for individuals in vulnerable communities along the Colombian-Venezuelan Border.
The Venezuelan Migration crisis is expected to reach 7.5 million people by 2023, of which 6 million will be residing in Latin America.
The largest migration crisis in Latin American history will continue to pit migrants against local communities in a race to the bottom for low end jobs, extending the downward spiral of unemployment, underemployment, and poverty spillovers.
DignifAI aims to be a key partner for locals, refugees, and migrants in the Colombian-Venezuelan and Brazilian-Venezuelan borders, paving the way for highly motivated individuals to develop their full potential and integrate socially, digitally, and economically. We believe that within the migrant community and their hosts, there is a large pool of untapped talent, limited in their options to generate income from their local labor markets. As an artificial intelligence (AI) annotation service provider with a social mission, DignifAI provides individuals the opportunity to develop skills, respond to the needs of the global digital economy, and have dignified livelihoods.
DignifAI aims to help individuals break their poverty cycle by helping them get data-labeling/annotation work. Data-Labeling/annotation is not meant to be a full-time employment option but a flexible complement for income generation. DignifAI’s certification opens the doors of online gig-economy income generation in a region where employment options are limited for migrants and displaced communities.
DignifAI is growing it’s Learn & Earn model that combines AI Data-Labeling microwork with digital and soft skill development. This combination of digital micro-work and basic upskilling is the foundation of the labor inclusion ladder.
DignifAI is implemented under the EMPACT initiative umbrella. EMPACT is a WFP project aiming at connecting young vulnerable populations to training and income generating opportunities in the digital and remote labour market.
We aim to continuously develop and validate the potential of a temporary "Learn & Earn" program centered around artificial intelligence (AI) data labeling and digital upskilling in Latin America.
Our primary goals are to: 1) create new income-generating streams for beneficiaries and their dependents through our AI data-labeling activities; and 2) achieve skill development and maximum participation through our digital and soft skill upskilling content.
To learn more about DignifAI, visit: https://www.dignifai.org
