Leila Janah: End Poverty: Give Work

When Leila Janah first visited Africa, she was amazed at the number of people asking her to give them money. So, she did something even better—she gave them work. Now employing 1600 workers (and counting!), Leila's Samasource presents a whole new, and entirely feasible, approach to alleviating poverty worldwide.

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