Clear Global Inc

HELPING PEOPLE GET VITAL INFORMATION, AND BE HEARD, WHATEVER LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION THROUGH INNOVATIVE GLOBAL RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS, LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY, LANGUAGE SERVICE PLATFORMS, AN EXPERIENCED, PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND A COMMUNITY OF OVER 60,000 LINGUISTS IN 148 COUNTRIES. WHETHER IT'S A COVID-19 CHATBOT IN NIGERIA, TRANSLATOR TRAINING IN KENYA OR LINGUISTIC RESEARCH IN ROHINGYA REFUGEE CAMPS, OUR WORK HELPS ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY, SO THEY CAN REACH MORE PEOPLE, LISTEN HARDER AND ACCELERATE IMPACT.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS - DURING THE FISCAL YEAR CLEAR GLOBAL CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSES IN COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH, AND NORTHEAST NIGERIA THROUGH ITS ONGOING LANGUAGE AND TRAINING SERVICES TO RESPONDING PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. IN NIGERIA, CLEAR GLOBAL ALSO LED AN ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ISSUES IN COMPLAINT AND FEEDBACK MECHANISMS BY THE PROSPINE+ PROTECTION CONSORTIUM, AND DEVELOPED A SERIES OF LOW-TEXT MULTILINGUAL GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION MATERIALS TO SUPPORT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE ACCOUNTABILITY BY RESPONDING ORGANIZATIONS. IN BANGLADESH, CLEAR GLOBAL'S PROGRAM OF RESEARCH EXPLORED LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL BARRIERS IN ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND THE PROVISION AND QUALITY OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL CARE, AND PRESENTED PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTED THE TIGRAY REFUGEE RESPONSE, WITH A RAPID ASSESSMENT, TRAINING FOR RESPONDERS, AND A PSEA GLOSSARY IN RELEVANT LANGUAGES. GLOBALLY, CLEAR GLOBAL FURTHER CONTRIBUTED TO THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR EFFECTIVE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION IN THE LANGUAGES OF INTENDED SERVICE USERS, PARTICULARLY IN HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES. ONE EXAMPLE WAS THE EXPANSION OF THE LANGUAGE MAPS AND CURATED LANGUAGE DATA ON ITS OPEN-ACCESS LANGUAGE DATA INITIATIVE PORTAL TO INFORM HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ALONGSIDE DOWNLOADABLE MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER OPTIONS TO MAKE IT EASY FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO ADD THEM TO STANDARD ASSESSMENTS. IN 2021, TWB LANGUAGE DATASETS ALONE WERE DOWNLOADED 3,683 TIMES BY MORE THAN 1,500 UNIQUE USERS. ANOTHER WAS THE CO-DEVELOPMENT WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME OF AN ARRAY OF OPEN-ACCESS INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION MATERIALS ON THE PREVENTION OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, ABUSE AND HARASSMENT FOR HUMANITARIAN CONTRACTORS, STAFF AND PARTNERS - A GROUP OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY PSEAH COMMUNICATION AND UNAWARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN THAT REGARD. CLEAR GLOBAL ALSO WORKED WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME TO ASSESS AND BOOST THEIR CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, UNDER A ONE-YEAR PROJECT COMBINING RESEARCH, LANGUAGE MAPPING TERMINOLOGY SUPPORT AND TRAINING DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DATA COLLECTION. 2021 SAW SIGN LANGUAGES BEING ADDED TO CLEAR GLOBAL GLOSSARIES FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN A FURTHER EXPANSION OF ACCESSIBILITY. CLEAR GLOBAL'S HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE LANGUAGE BARRIERS THAT CAN IMPEDE VITAL RESPONSE AND RELIEF EFFORTS, BY FACILITATING MORE EFFECTIVE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AFFECTED POPULATIONS AND RESPONDERS. THE LEARNING GENERATED BY RESEARCH AND INTERVENTIONS ON THE GROUND WAS USED TO RAISE AWARENESS ACROSS THE HUMANITARIAN SECTOR GLOBALLY OF LANGUAGE AS AN UNDER REGARDED FACTOR IN THE REACH, IMPACT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION.

LANGUAGE SERVICES - CLEAR GLOBAL LANGUAGE SERVICE PROGRAMS PROVIDE LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR NON-CRISIS AID PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE, FACILITATING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN WORKERS AND THE POPULATIONS THEY SERVE. CLEAR GLOBAL FOCUSES ON THE MOST VULNERABLE BY TRANSLATING LIFE-SAVING INFORMATION AND BUILDING LOCAL LANGUAGE TRANSLATION CAPACITY FOR UNDERSERVED LANGUAGES OR WHERE NO TRANSLATION CAPACITY EXISTS. THE DEVELOPMENT AND PREPAREDNESS LANGUAGE SERVICE PROGRAM RELIES ON CLEAR GLOBAL'S CUSTOM TRANSLATION PLATFORM TO DELIVER THE MAJORITY OF ITS WORK. THE PLATFORM IS A MANAGED, CROWD-SOURCED SYSTEM CONNECTING THE CLEAR GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF APPROXIMATELY 60,000 VOLUNTEER TRANSLATORS AND LANGUAGE PROFESSIONALS DIRECTLY WITH NON-PROFIT PARTNERS. IN 2021, CLEAR GLOBAL DELIVERED NEARLY 30 MILLION WORDS IN 140 LANGUAGE PAIRS FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTNERS, AMPLIFYING THE REACH AND IMPACT OF THEIR WORK. CLEAR GLOBAL ALSO ADVISES AID ORGANIZATIONS ON THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO MULTILINGUAL COMMUNICATION IN SPECIFIC CONTEXTS AND DEVELOPS CUSTOM WORKFLOWS AND TECHNOLOGIES. BEYOND WRITTEN TRANSLATION, CLEAR GLOBAL ALSO PROVIDES A RANGE OF OTHER LANGUAGE SERVICES INCLUDING PLAIN LANGUAGE EDITING, AUDIO TRANSLATION, LOCALIZATION AND MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT (TRANSCRIPTION, SUBTITLING, VOICEOVERS.

RESEARCH, ADVOCACY AND DATA - ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CLEAR GLOBAL CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES FOR EFFECTIVE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION IN THE LANGUAGES OF INTENDED SERVICE USERS WAS THE EXPANSION OF THE LANGUAGE MAPS AND CURATED LANGUAGE DATA ON ITS OPEN-ACCESS LANGUAGE DATA INITIATIVE PORTAL. THESE PRODUCTS ARE DESIGNED TO INFORM HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ALONGSIDE DOWNLOADABLE MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER OPTIONS TO MAKE IT EASY FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO ADD THEM TO STANDARD ASSESSMENTS. IN 2021, TWB LANGUAGE DATASETS ALONE WERE DOWNLOADED 3,683 TIMES BY MORE THAN 1,500 UNIQUE USERS. CLEAR GLOBAL ALSO WORKED WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME TO ASSESS AND BOOST THEIR CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, UNDER A ONE-YEAR PROJECT COMBINING RESEARCH, LANGUAGE MAPPING TERMINOLOGY SUPPORT AND TRAINING DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DATA COLLECTION. IN BANGLADESH, CLEAR GLOBAL'S PROGRAM OF RESEARCH EXPLORED LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL BARRIERS IN ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND THE PROVISION AND QUALITY OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL CARE, AND PRESENTED PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS. THE LEARNING GENERATED BY RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME INTERVENTIONS ON THE GROUND WAS USED TO RAISE AWARENESS ACROSS THE HUMANITARIAN SECTOR GLOBALLY OF LANGUAGE AS AN UNDER REGARDED FACTOR IN THE REACH, IMPACT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION.

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