The average duration in the UK of survey respondents
Approximately 60% of the respondents had lived in the UK for 12 months or more
Kabarter is here to help people monetize, find or barter quality and affordable, handy skills to help ease integration into societies whilst building community.
There is a gap between the demand for skills such as hairdressing, catering, Emceeing, tailoring etc. and the supply of said skills within the BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) community, causing integration into the UK economy to be slightly stalled.
The disconnect between people and their community causes a sense of exclusion. The BAME migrants entering the UK every year find it hard to properly settle in if they cannot find people to connect with who may understand their language or culture.
They say information is power but still, research shows many BAME individuals falling into avoidable issues due to a lack of information
Medical service. It's hard to find a hospital. Yeah, the process is very complex for me. It was very expensive... Examination of the tooth alone costs 60 pounds and a treatment plan cost about 1200 pounds. Whereas in China it is very cheap
I remember when I first arrived the UK, I did not travel out of my city for almost a year because I only thought trips to see friends and family was quite hefty and felt lonely for a good part of my first year. A year after, I found that I could have travelled to see family for as low as £5 through cheaper bus services. If only I had someone to tell me about this earlier, I would have not taken so long to adjust to the UK.
I just miss meeting my people. I haven't met so many Kenyan people. So sometimes I may feel so lonely. Like I'm just by myself resting. Oh my god…Hairdressing, food.
A platform that allows you to build a community and integrate through exchange.
In this video, the founders of Kabarter explain what this social-enterprise platform is all about and how it works, and how it is democratising the demand and supply of handy skills.
Get the opportunity to use the skills you have acquired in your home country to contribute towards supporting the country-specific service demands internationally while earning extra money or getting things you need in exchange.
A tailored platform that allows users to connect with people from their home nations and others from around the world and become a part of a thriving community.
We recognise knowledge could be the difference between feeling included or getting into a weave of unsettling and stressful situations. Kabarter will allow you to learn and share important information about anything in our thriving forum community.
Sign up using your email address, Google ID or apple ID as a user or vendor.
Explore the advertised needs or services and trade what you have in return.
Transact with other through cash, barter or goods on secure and safe platform.
Join a community to start connecting with people and sharing information and opinion.
On Karbarter, we have vendors and the users. The service providers are the vendors and the people in need of services are the users. To become a vendor, you need to register a business account, while as a user, you only need to have a normal account.
On the trade tab on the Karbarter app, you can view the popular and featured requests and if you are a vendor, you will be able to respond to requests that you like and have the capacity and skill to provide. You will be able to engage the author of the request to discuss terms of your contract. Once agreed, both will be required to deposit the value of the service they are providing and if it is a skill for money service, then the user will be asked to deposit the payment in an escrow account and will only be released once the contract is successfully completed.
As a user, you can search a service you require on the search option on the karbarter app or you can simply explore the featured services for that which interest you and you can reach out to the author of the service to discuss terms of a contract. Once an agreement is reached, you will be required to deposit the value of the service in an escrow account which will be released to the vendor once the contract has been successfully completed.
After any completed service, you will get the chance to upload evidence of completion and write a review and rate a vendor or user.
Karbarter aims to support everyone, whether you have a skill or not. If you do not have a skill or skill to trade, you can pay the value for the service using money.
You can conduct market research on what is currently out there and estimate how much you will believe your skill is worth based on the rarity, training required, time to deliver services etc. This can help you to understand how you wish to value your set of skills
We are committed to ensuring everyone on the platform feels safe and protected, whether it is being a part of a forum and protecting our users from cyberbullying or protecting our vendors and service users through escrow and collecting vital information to ensure you can be rest assured that should anything go wrong, you will be supported and looked after. It is worth noting also that we have conducted research and put in as many measures to ensure our users are safe to trade and to minimise things going wrong.
To participate in a barter trade, you need to have had an account with us and signed up to the karbarter app. You will also require a need and what you have to trade for your need. The HAVE you wish to trade for a need can be a skill, goods or money. You will then need to find a vendor with what you need and engage them.
All the necessary details of the contract needs to be accepted by both yourself and the other party and you can either accept or reject an offer as you please. You are not mandated to accept an offer if you are uncomfortable with anything. You can also negotiate a contract to suit you.
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