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Janah, Leila.
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Janah, Leila.
Samasource (Firm) -- History.
Electronic data processing personnel -- Employment -- Developing countries.
Nonprofit organizations -- United States.
Poor -- Employment -- Developing countries.
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Janah, Leila.
Janah, Leila.
Samasource (Firm) -- History.
Electronic data processing personnel -- Employment -- Developing countries.
Nonprofit organizations -- United States.
Poor -- Employment -- Developing countries.
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Give
work
:
reversing
poverty
one
job
at a
time
/ Leila Janah.
by
Janah, Leila.
Portfolio/Penguin, 2017.
Call #:
338.761362584 J331g
Subjects
Janah, Leila.
Samasource (Firm) -- History.
Electronic data processing personnel -- Employment -- Developing countries.
Nonprofit organizations -- United States.
Poor -- Employment -- Developing countries.
ISBN:
9780735211896 (hc.)
Description:
vii, 260 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and index.
Summary:
"Leila Janah, a dynamic social entrepreneur, shares the story of how she founded
one
of the hottest non-profit startups. Leila Janah has the solution for the world's bottom billions. She founded Samasource with the belief that giving dignified
work
to the world's poorest people is the most effective tool for fighting
poverty
. Fast Company named Samasource
one
of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2016 because they go into communities lacking living-wage jobs--from the refugee camps of Sierra Leone to rural Arkansas--and train people to do digital
work
, such as verifying data that makes Google's search algorithms smarter. Inspired by and then partnering with cutting-edge Silicon Valley companies, Janah bridges the divide between the nonprofit world and the tech and private sectors to help the world's poorest lift themselves out of
poverty
. The steady salary from these jobs from companies like Google, Getty, and Microsoft enables people to move to better neighborhoods, attain more education, and send their children to school. It changes the lives of the poor permanently, offering them dignity and independence in a way that aid simply cannot.
Give
Work
is based on Janah's firsthand experience in all corners of the world, from a school for the blind school in Ghana to the World Bank. A Harvard-educated former management consultant, Janah applies the scrappy, entrepreneurial spirit and innovative mindset of a Silicon Valley startup. She shares her entrepreneurial journey as well as the poignant stories of the thousands of people who have benefited from Samasource's
work
. Like Blake Mycoskie's Start Something That Matters,
Give
Work
offers a blueprint for social entrepreneurs."--From publisher.
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