Access Gap
A broken path to access
The information and opportunities people need are scattered across platforms, institutions and communities.
IMPACT
When taking partbecomes the start of the next opportunity.
Foreign residents are already part of our society.
They work, spend, learn and create — taking part in the local community and the economy.
Yet information and opportunity remain scattered across languages, systems, platforms and communities.
Soo & Carrots builds the foundation that connects their experience and skills to real opportunity and economic value.
Not simply more participation — but participation that leads to income, experience, relationships and the next opportunity.
THE CHALLENGE
It isn't that opportunity is missing —it's that reaching it is hard.
As they access jobs, economic activity, everyday services and local communities, foreign residents run into barriers of language, information, systems and trust.
Companies and institutions want to work with them too, but finding the right people, verifying conditions and running the process is far from simple.
Participation Barrier
Barriers to taking part
Language, identity, residency status and eligibility have to be proven from scratch, every time.
Experience Loss
Experience that disappears
Once an activity ends, the experience and track record built up rarely carry into the next opportunity.
IMPACT MODEL
We never let participationend as a one-off experience.
- 01
Discover opportunities
Jobs, campaigns, events, education, local activities and everyday information.
- 02
Take part in real activities
Projects and programs run by companies, institutions and the local community.
- 03
Verify participation and results
Attendance, content, missions and outcomes are checked against a shared standard.
- 04
Gain economic and social value
Participants earn rewards and experience, and connect with new people and communities.
- 05
Carry it to the next opportunity
Verified activity isn't lost — it stays as a record usable for future participation and matching.
Verified participation records lead back into new opportunities
WHAT CHANGES
Settling in means morethan changing your address.
Economic Participation
Economic participation
Through campaigns, content, events, hiring and education programs, foreign residents get to turn their skills and experience into economic activity.
Social Connection
Social connection
A community where people meet around shared interests, exchange everyday information, and help one another.
Access & Settlement
Everyday access
Making it easier to find housing, visa, finance, education and everyday information — and to reach services they can trust.
Activity recordTrust profileNext opportunity
Trusted Experience
Experience that leads onward
Participation and track record become verifiable records that raise the chance of connecting to new projects and roles.
IMPACT IN NUMBERS
Change you can see in the numbers
Each number is not just a scale — it stands for real participation, rewards and connections that were actually made.
- 30,000+
- Verified participationForeign-resident participation and completed activity created through 2025 campaigns and programs (verified).as of 2025
- $210.0K+
- Rewards paid to participantsEconomic rewards paid to foreign participants through Soo House programs in 2025.as of 2025
- 65,000+
- Soo House communityA cumulative community of foreign residents connecting information, people and economic opportunity.as of 2026.07
- 500+
- Campaigns & programs
- 95
- Corporate clients
- 9
- Public, education & institutional partners
Figures in non-USD currencies are approximate conversions, shown for reference only.
BUSINESS × IMPACT
As the business grows,more opportunities are created.
When companies and institutions run projects through Soo House, new opportunities open up for foreign residents to take part.
Soo & Carrots isn't a model that creates social value by relying on grants or donations alone.
The paid business itself is designed to expand foreign residents’ participation, rewards and social connection.
The more clients use Soo House, the more foreign residents take part in opportunities they can trust.
Soo House
Demand from companies & institutions
Opportunities to participate
Activity & economic reward
Verified experience & records
Better matching next time
Repeat use by clients
HOW WE MEASURE
We measure the change thatactually happened — not good intentions.
Beyond sign-ups or content views, Soo & Carrots looks at whether opportunities were actually created and participation actually completed.
Output
Reach
Reach
How many foreign residents did the opportunities and information reach?
Access
Access
How many new opportunities to participate were created?
Verified Participation
Verified participation
How many activities were actually joined and completed to standard?
Outcome
Economic Value
Economic value
How much reward and income was paid and connected to participants?
Connection
Connection
How many connections to people, communities and neighborhoods were made?
Progression
Next opportunity
Did one participation lead to the next — and to something better?
GLOBAL GOALS
The change we connect to
- 10SDG 10
Reduced inequalities
Reducing exclusion from opportunity caused by differences in language, nationality and systems.
- 08SDG 8
Decent work & economic growth
Helping foreign residents turn their experience and skills into economic activity and income.
- 11SDG 11
Sustainable cities & communities
Helping foreign residents connect with their communities, settle in and take part with stability.
BUILD IMPACT WITH US
So that more peoplecan connect to opportunity.
Let’s build projects and partnerships that expand the economic and social participation of foreign residents.
