Tarjimly

Tarjimly is a tech nonprofit and app that aims to connect the world's 23 million refugees with instant translators, enabling them to effectively communicate with essential service providers. Founded in 2018 by two immigrant MIT graduates, Atif and Aziz, who were deeply impacted by the refugee crisis, the startup has gained traction by training and enabling 3 billion bilinguals to volunteer as on-demand translators. By leveraging the platform, refugees can connect anonymously with a translator in 60 seconds, share text, pictures, documents, or even engage in a phone or video call. Backed by notable investors including Y Combinator, Echoing Green, and Fast Forward, with the most recent $250.00K grant investment from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation in December 2023, Tarjimly has seen significant growth, with 6,000 translators supporting over 15,000 refugees and NGOs globally. The company's ultimate goal is to eliminate humanitarian language barriers and demonstrate the power of technology in activating millions of people and their remote skills to assist refugees.