Leila Janah: Jobs Fight Poverty

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Channel: PopTech · 2010 · Science & Technology

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2010 Social Innovation Fellow Leila Janah founded Samasource to bring digitally connected jobs to people living in poverty, providing computer-based microwork via the Internet. Her philosophy: "Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work — real work — just might."

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