Give Work

Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time

De: Leila Janah

Narrado por: Leila Janah

Want to end poverty for good? Entrepreneur and Samasource founder Leila Janah has the solution—give work, not aid.

“An audacious, inspiring, and practical book. Leila shows how it’s possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty—not by giving them money but by giving them work. It’s required reading for anyone who’s passionate about solving real problems.” —Adam Grant, author of Give and Take and Originals

Despite trillions of dollars in Western aid, 2.8 billion people worldwide still struggle in abject poverty. Yet the world’s richest countries continue to send money—mostly to governments—targeting the symptoms, rather than the root causes of poverty. We need a better solution.

In Give Work, Leila Janah offers a much-needed solution to solving poverty: incentivize everyone from entrepreneurs to big companies to give dignified, steady, fair-wage work to low-income people. Her social business, Samasource, connects people living below the poverty line—on roughly $2 a day—to digital work for major tech companies. To date, the organization has provided over $10 million in direct income to tens of thousands of people the world had written off, dramatically altering the trajectory of entire communities for the better.

Janah and her team go into the world’s poorest regions—from refugee camps in Kenya to the Mississippi Delta in Arkansas—and train people to do digital work for companies like Google, Walmart, and Microsoft. Janah has tested various Give Work business models in all corners of the world. She shares poignant stories of people who have benefited from Samasource’s work, where and why it hasn’t worked, and offers a blueprint to fight poverty with an evidence-based, economically sustainable model.

We can end extreme poverty in our lifetimes. Give work, and you give the poorest people on the planet a chance at happiness. Give work, and you give people the freedom to choose how to develop their own communities. Give work, and you create infinite possibilities.

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“An audacious, inspiring, and practical book about how to drive meaningful change. Leila shows how it’s possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty—not by giving them money but by giving them work. It’s required reading for anyone who’s passionate about solving real problems.”
—Adam Grant, author of Give and Take and Originals; coauthor (with Sheryl Sandberg) of Option B

“Living-wage digital work targeted to the world’s poorest people is a transformational force for good. Leila’s pioneering work in this realm is as instructive as it is inspiring. An essential read!”
—Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn; coauthor of The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age

“Leila Janah’s new book is a call to action to focus on the poor not as passive recipients waiting for charity but as full human beings wanting to solve their own problems. She reminds us through powerful examples that we can all do more to enable human flourishing. And so we must.”
—Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen

“Leila Janah’s journey shows how a passion for bringing people out of poverty, a focus on education and living-wage jobs, and an entrepreneurial spirit can change the world for the better. Give Work is an honest, inspirational guide that every business can follow to create positive social impact.”
—Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, Salesforce

“Give Work is required reading for anyone who wants to make a difference in the world.”
—Chip Bergh, CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.

“A provocative book that challenges while offering hope and a big vision for tapping the full potential of the poor in a globally interdependent world. In the process, Leila powerfully points to the possibility of overcoming poverty and unleashing an extraordinary force for good.”
—Michelle Nunn, CEO, CARE

What an inspiration

I couldn’t stop listening. Leila’s story, the stories of the people she met along the way, and the work she has done all blew me away.

Inspirational

Loved it, she will be remembered. A life that was lived to the fullest. Give work.

Top of my list.

I first saw Leila on Marie Forleo and was immediately drawn to what her cause was about. Following that episode I bought the book. Leila did such a great job with the book that you feel like you're on the journey with her. So many great takeaways in the book. This is go to book.

World Changing Social Impact

I loved it, an inspiring success story about compassion, hustle and drive to transform lives.

Please read this wonderful book and then change the world !!

This book is totally life changing and a pleasure to read !! What an experience!! I totally recommend it !!

A true source of inspiration and guidance #Socent

"Give Work" is a masterpiece that should soon become required reading within high schools, colleges and business schools around the world. It is a "must read" for all social entrepreneurs. I first met Leila in 2009 at a conference at MIT, and more recently at an event where she was promoting her book at the Harvard Coop. I could not believe how similar our thinking was the first time I heard her speak. Coming from an underdeveloped country I can attest to how demoralizing it is to have to beg to eat and go to school or say goodbye to your loved ones and your country due to lack of money and opportunities. It is refreshing to see fearless people like Leila who embark on a mission regardless of how big and difficult it might be in order to do the kind of social good that will outlive her for centuries. This book is a great source of inspiration for social entrepreneurs who might be struggling and doubting themselves. It gives mention to a plethora of other authors and the works and lives of individuals whose stories will make you re-think your choices. Women entrepreneurs are often criticized for putting business before motherhood, but what one must understand is that no one asks to be born (at least it is not 100% evident), and that alone is enough of a reason to do with our lives whatever we please, not what society mandates. I love what I do and I OWN my choice to set myself free from expectations... Leila touches every vulnerability we have as social entrepreneurs and that made me feel like I was not alone. The book also made me aware of mistakes and bad habits... Life is good, but through social entrepreneurship, we can make it much better. Let's just do it. Thank you Leila!

The best book I ever read.

The biggest lost to this world
not to have Leila Janah.
I must say it is one of the SADDEST day of my life.
The most INCREDIBLE AMAZING, TALENTED, LOVING HUMAN BEING can just die just like that. If you want to make a difference in this world you must read this book.
Bless Your Soul My Sister
WE LOVE YOU
NAMASTE 😭🙏

Amazing and Prophetic!

This book is a must read. What has been done here is a model for how the world needs to work. The accomplishments through Samasource are a proven demonstration of a new way of doing good AND doing business.

Thankful

The insight and persuasiveness and elegance of Leila Janah in this book is mesmerizing. She pushes all taboos of traditional charity and help to really support people in partnership, not in pity, in hope, not in power, and in love, not in pride. Thankful for the read :)

Inspirational, touching and addicting

Impontant topic, which was introduced through an interesting story! I loved the book and it made me really want to do my part to fight the extreme poverty and think innovative ways to bring work to all people. The story touched me and made me in tears few times. The narrator had a very pleasant and soothing voice, which I enjoyed to listen.