and next year, several hundred people will start to receive a basic income in the finnish capital, helsinki. in 2008, a basic income experiment began in otjivero, a village in namibia. its goal was to fight poverty and create jobs. we first went there in 2010. frieda nembwaya set up this little bakery using money she was given without strings attached. we first visited her in otjivero back in 2010. frieda nembwaya: i always had the idea for the business in my head, but i didn't earn enough money on the farm where i worked. but i just decided i couldn't go on like that. so i came here, i had nothing, and things were very bad for us. when the b.i.g. project started, i could put my idea into practice. i worked hard at it. >> there are countless villages like otjivero in namibia. the test project b.i.g. -- or basic income grant -- began in january 2008. 930 villagers received a grant of 100 namibian dollars per person, per month. at the time, this equated to around 9 euros. josef ganeb invested the money in cement to make bricks. the income from his business put food on the table, and sent his