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Article: India outsourcer plows new wealth back into charities.

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By Stella M. Hopkins, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 6--HYDERABAD, India -- Pride is a precious new feeling for Sudhakar Meriga and two fellow dropouts.

The three men, all 21, quit school as teenagers because their families needed the paltry sums they made at odd jobs, running errands and such. They had little hope of improving their lot until nearly three years ago when they heard of a free program to help poor teens learn to use computers and other job skills. Hundreds competed for the 25 openings in each course.

"I was going along like a dog, everybody telling me to go away," Meriga said of the ...

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