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Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Life after Google: How two alums are making a difference in Africa

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There’s always a lot in the news about the work of current Googlers, but recently, we launched a grant program for former Googlers (“Google Alumni”) who have gone on to do great things in the nonprofit space. Two of these Google Alumni are making a big impact all over Africa—from South Africa to Kenya to Uganda—and they were both finalists for this year’s Google Alumni Impact Awards.

The Impact Awards consist of a $15,000 grant and two runner-up grants of $5,000 each, to support the socially responsible achievements and future not-for-profit endeavors of our Alumni.

One of the wells dug by WellDone

Joshua To, a former Program Manager at Google, is the founder and current head of development at WellDone, a nonprofit working to raise awareness about the global water crisis and provide clean water to communities in need. Today, the organization has built wells in over fifty communities throughout the developing world, including Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. As a runner-up, he plans to use the grant money to develop a clean water campaign and improve the technology used to do so.

Rosalyn Mahashin, who, in a previous life spent time as Senior Strategist for Google Grants at Google, is now director of development at Samasource, which connects over 1,500 women and youth in the poorest parts of the world to microwork—small tasks that can be done online using inexpensive computers and Samasource’s own web platform for work distribution. A runner-up for this year’s Impact Awards, Rosalyn hopes the funds will help them set up their first training center in Nairobi.

Samasource team member training one of the youth workers

To read about the other winners and finalists, check out the Impact Awards site here. There, you can also learn more about the Google Alumni Network, an organization for former Googlers to stay in touch with one another and with Google. We truly believe that we owe our success as a company to our people, and we want to maintain an excellent and supportive relationship between the company and former employees. We hire entrepreneurs who want to build great things and make an impact, and we’re proud to support the efforts of Google alums who are continuing to change the world for the better.

Posted by Rebecca Rudelson, Google Alumni Program Manager

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La vie après Google : deux anciens font la différence en Afrique

Il y a toujours beaucoup d’informations sur le travail des Googlers actuels, mais nous avons
lancé récemment un programme de bourses pour les anciens Googlers (« Google Alumni ») qui ont continué à effectuer de grandes choses dans l’univers non lucratif. Deux de ces anciens ont une grande influence sur l’ensemble de l’Afrique —de l’Afrique du Sud au Kenya et à l’Ouganda—et ils sont tous deux finalistes pour les Google Alumni Impact Awards de cette année.

Les Impact Awards consistent en une bourse de $15 000 et deux bourses de $ 5000 chacune, pour soutenir les réalisations socialement responsables et les futurs efforts non lucratifs de nos Anciens.

Joshua To, un ancien responsable de programme chez Google, est le fondateur et l’actuel responsable du développement chez WellDone, une structure à but non lucratif dont la mission est sensibiliser la population à la crise mondiale de l’eau et de fournir de l'eau potable aux communautés dans le besoin. Aujourd’hui, l'organisation est bien implantée dans plus de cinquante communautés à travers les pays en développement, et notamment au Ghana, au Kenya, en Zambie, au Malawi et en Tanzanie. Lauréat, il prévoit d'utiliser l’argent de la bourse pour développer une campagne sur l’eau potable et améliorer les technologies utilisées à cet effet.

Rosalyn Mahashin, qui, dans une vie antérieure, occupait le poste de Stratège senior pour les bourses Google, est désormais responsable du développement chez Samasource, qui connecte plus de 1500 femmes et jeunes des zones les plus pauvres du monde au micro- travail —de petites tâches qui peuvent être réalisées en ligne via des ordinateurs à bas prix et la plate-forme Web propre de Samasource pour la distribution du travail. Lauréate cette année d’un deuxième prix aux Impact Awards, Rosalyn espère que ces fonds vont leur permettre de créer leur premier centre de formation à Nairobi.

Pour en savoir plus sur les autres lauréats et sur les finalistes, consultez le site Impact Awards ici. Vous y trouverez également des informations sur le réseau Google Alumni, une organisation permettant aux anciens Googlers de rester en contact entre eux et avec Google. Nous pensons vraiment que nous devons la réussite de notre entreprise à nos collaborateurs, et nous tenons à maintenir d’excellentes relations et à soutenir nos anciens collaborateurs. Nous recrutons des entrepreneurs ambitieux, qui souhaitent influer sur le cours des choses, et nous sommes fiers de soutenir les anciens de Google qui continuent à transformer le monde.

Posté par Rebecca Rudelson, responsable du programme Google Alumni
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