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Need To Know  Working for Change

Microwork in India. Details

 
 

Program: Need To Know

Episode: Working for Change

Need to Know profiles 28-year-old Leila Janah, the founder and CEO of SamaSource, an organization that brings what she calls microwork - small computing tasks - to some of the world's most marginalized people, including refugees in Kenya, women in Pakistan, and earthquake survivors in Haiti.

Duration: (9:50)
Premiere Date: 12/10/2010
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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