Microwork

Microwork is a series of small tasks which together comprise a large unified project, and are completed by many people over the Internet. Microwork is considered the smallest unit of work in a virtual assembly line.

Next to Amazon Mechanical Turk, Samasource is a non-profit organization.

Samasource delivers enterprise digital services through a unique Microwork™ model that harnesses the untapped potential of the world’s poor.

Samasource was founded in 2008 by Leila Janah a social entrepreneur interested in using technology and new business methods to reduce poverty and promote social justice.

Leila Janah: End Poverty: Give Work compares Fair-Trade business volume to microwork transactions for people from the bottom of the pyramid.