TL;DR: No Lean Season is a Y Combinator Winter 2017 startup A bus ticket out of poverty, currently inactive with an early-stage team.
A bus ticket out of poverty
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No Lean Season reduces the negative effects of seasonality on the poorest in rural agricultural areas by enabling labor mobility that increases incomes. It is a new program that they are testing in Evidence Action Beta's portfolio, based on rigorous experimental evidence. They give a travel subsidy of $20 to very poor rural laborers so they can send a family member to a nearby city to find a job during the period between planting and harvesting. This is the time in rural areas when there are no jobs, no income, and when families miss meals. This seasonal poverty affects 600 million people around the world. With a temporary job during this 'lean season,' households are are able to put an additional meal on the table for every member of the family each and every day. That’s 500 additional m…
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Yes. No Lean Season was funded by Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 batch. A bus ticket out of poverty
No Lean Season reduces the negative effects of seasonality on the poorest in rural agricultural areas by enabling labor mobility that increases incomes. It is a new program that they are testing in Evidence Action Beta's portfolio, based on rigorous experimental evidence. They give a travel subsidy of $20 to very poor…
No Lean Season was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2017 batch.
No Lean Season is currently listed as Inactive in Y Combinator's directory.
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