Press Releases
Monsanto Fund Awards Compatible Technology International $25,500 for IIT-Bombay Fellowships
June 24, 2010 (St. Paul, MN ) – Compatible Technology International (CTI) announces the awarding of two fellowships to graduate students in integrated rural development at Center for Technology Alternatives in Rural Areas (CTARA) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). IITB has established a new two-year program to train professionals in all aspects of rural development including engineering, economics, cultural aspects, and the development of appropriate solutions. With funding from Monsanto Fund, CTI is supporting the next generation of professionals engaged in rural development in India and around the world.
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CTI Volunteers Receive Outstanding Volunteerism Award
May 5, 2010 (St. Paul, Minn.) Three volunteers who played a critical role in helping Compatible Technology International develop the first hand-operated system for processing pearl millet have been recognized for their charitable work by their employer, the Battelle Memorial Institute.
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Compatible Technology International Develops Innovative Equipment for Hand-Processing Pearl Millet
January 19. 2010 (St. Paul, Minn.) Compatible Technology International (CTI) has built the first hand-operated system for processing pearl millet, a breakthrough that could more than double the food supply in parts of the world most vulnerable to famine . CTI, a St. Paul-based nonprofit, has designed equipment for hand-processing pearl millet at the village level, unlocking the potential of this difficult to process grain.
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Compatible Technology International Earns Charities Review Council “Meets All Standards” Seal
October 29, 2009 ( St. Paul, Minn.) Compatible Technology International has once again been awarded the Charities Review Council “Meets All Standards” Seal indicating that it meets all sixteen of the council’s accountability standards. CTI earned the seal by voluntarily participating in the council’s “Accountability Wizard.” It addressed the organization’s performance in four critical areas: public disclosure, governance, financial activity and fundraising.
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McKnight Foundation Grant Awarded to Project to Enhance Child Nutrition and Livelihoods of Rural Families in Malawi and Tanzania
Sept. 17, 2009 ( St. Paul, Minn.) A McKnight Foundation grant was recently awarded to Compatible Technology International (CTI), Tanzania’s Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).The organizations are combining their expertise for a four-year $673,000 research and development grant project, which will focus on enhancing child nutrition and the livelihoods of rural households in Malawi and Tanzania.
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Roger Salway to Participate in Annual Havel Symposium
CTI Executive Director, Roger Salway, has been invited to join David Bornstein and others on a community panel discussion on “social entrepreneurism” at the 2009 Havel Symposium in St. Paul. Bornstein is the author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas and is a prolific writer and a speaker on issues related to anti-poverty strategies.
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New Executive Director joins COMPATIBLE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
New ED Brings Experience, Drive
St. Paul, Minn. – October 9, 2008
Roger Salway, Principal of client services at the global engineering services provider, Salway International, became Executive Director of Compatible Technology International (CTI) in late September. CTI is a St. Paul-based nonprofit that designs food and water technologies for people in developing countries. Salway was Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of CTI before becoming Executive Director, and is filling the role vacated in mid summer.
“I have been deeply involved in CTI as a Board member and active volunteer over the past two years, and anticipate my former international career will enable me to provide the forward momentum and support necessary for CTI to continue to grow,” Salway comments...
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LEONARDO’S BASEMENT 10TH BIRTHDAY BASH
Two Local Nonprofits Team Up to Support Education, Fight Hunger
St. Paul, MN - October 24, 2008 -
What happens when you take a boxing gym and add 720 ping-pong
balls, four leaf blowers, a cake decorating contest, a movie produced by teens, and families building food
grinders for people in developing countries? Answer: The Leonardo's Basement 10th Birthday Bash.
Leonardo’s Basement is celebrating 10 years of inventing, building, exploring, sharing and learning with a
non-traditional fundraising event that supports education at home and innovations for the poor overseas.
Everyone is invited to join on Saturday, November 8, at 7:00 p.m. at the Uppercut Boxing Gym in
northeast Minneapolis.
"We thought we better pull out all of the plugs on this one," said Steve Jevning, founder and executive
director of Leonardo’s Basement. "Our Board realized that this needed to be a family event and that the
spirit of Leonardo's would not be appropriate for a fancy sit-down dinner in a carpeted event center."
The program will include a partnership with Compatible Technology International (CTI), a St. Paul-based
nonprofit that designs and builds simple technologies like grinders and slicers to help farmers in
developing countries process their crops. "We knew we had to build something at the party," said Kathy
Bishop, longtime president of Leonardo's board. "We wanted to give a present to the community. CTI has
been the perfect partner, and they will add special meaning to event..."
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