Micro work wil provide future for poverty reduction

What people call charity is not giving them money. It is a decent way for them to earn a living. This is the ending of Leila Chirayath Janah' s speech in TEDx Silicon Valley event in 12/12/09.

I was inspired by her speech and efforts in Samasource, "a nonprofit that provide high-quality content moderation, data entry, and other outsourcing services to clients including LikedIn, Intuit, and the US State Department."

"Samasource's San Francisco-based sales and delivery teams work with clients to move large data projects to a proprietary online work distribution system, the SamaHub. Dedicated, full-time workers around the world access the SamaHub from delivery centers monitored by Samasource staff. Samasource account managers and QA professionals ensure quality, accuracy, and turnaround times."

Samasource divide their project into Micro work for the youth, women and refugees in 9 countries which including Dadaab, Kenya, etc.

This materials refers us a new approach to social innovation except micro finance, micro insurance, we can also have micro work! This is such a good example of how microwork works to improve the underserved population. More important, it is a sustainable way giving them "money" with dignity.

My question for this social enterprise as well as for this week's lecture is: how to ensure the quality of micro work. Will it be costly in the producing process?