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23, 2008 | To alleviate the 30 percent
unemployment rate among urban youth, the Year Up program gives at-risk youth lessons
in corporate culture and work ethic. Paul Solman reports on this approach to training
young, would-be entrepreneurs.
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22, 2008 | As global food prices
continue to rise, hunger in Haiti has fueled food riots and driven much of the
population, including many children, to the brink of starvation. Correspondent
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17, 2008 | Armed with $500 worth of beans,
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teaching them workplace skills and providing jobs to the chronically homeless
and unemployed. Spencer Michels reports.
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profiles Priya Haji, the CEO and co-founder of World of Good, and examines how
the company sells messenger bags, handicrafts and other products with the aim
of employing people in impoverished parts of the world and spreading social awareness
among U.S. consumers.
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