Wednesday, September 7, 2016

UGANDA - UBI 2 YEAR PROJECT TO BENEFIT 50 HOUSEHOLDS

UGANDA: New Two-Year Basic Income Pilot Project

Fort Portal CC Enzinho83 (Flickr)
Beginning in January 2017, the non-profit organization Eight will be awarding a basic income to all 50 households in a village in the Fort Portal region of Uganda.
The two-year project will be the basis of a scientific report as well as a documentary film, Village One.
Eight (so-named because 8 euros a week provides a basic income for one adult and two children in Uganda) was founded by Maarten Goethals, who has 14 years experience in development cooperation, and director and filmmaker Steven Janssens.
More information, including a short video introducing the project, is available here.
Eight is also on Facebook and Twitter.

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Kate is a member of BIEN's Executive Committee Basic Income News team. Before joining BIEN, she earned a PhD in philosophy from the Ohio State University (and a masters in statistics before that). She presently holds a part-time administrative position with OSU Philosophy, and she does a lot of unpaid work on behalf of the basic income movement. She's on Patreon (a participant in the BIG Patreon Creator Pledge) to help support her latter unpaid work. (You too can support her there!)

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