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President of the Moringa Association of Ghana Endorses CTI Grinder
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CTI volunteers Ed Galle and Dick Fulmer recently returned from a trip to
Ghana and Liberia where they worked with several collaborators to conduct
extensive grinder training for 25 trainers on the use of the Omega VI (photo),
demonstrate the processing of moringa leaf powder and peanut butter, and
present CTI's hand-held corn sheller and the wooden grinder.
President
of the Moringa Association of Ghana and friend of CTI, Mozart Adevu,
worked with Dick and Ed while they were in Africa, and attested to the
quality of the Omega VI for moringa production in his recent
newsletter. (See excerpt)
"Ed Galle and Dick Fulmer, volunteers of CTI, joined me to travel to
Liberia between March 28 and April 4. We conducted 6
demonstrations in 6 separate locations in two Counties, Nimba and
Montserrado for over 260 farmers. The enthusiasm during the
demonstrations was overwhelming and the farmers and
communities indicated the opportunity as a great blessing for them.
The situation during some demonstrations are likened to Acts 3:8 as
the farmers jumped with joy and praised God with the excitement
of the "miracle" of the new possibility for them to mill their
products at such a fast rate. They considered this as great "healing"
of
their situation and prayed to God to sustain the lives of those who
help them in such "wondrous" ways. We made the demonstration
sessions
very practical and participatory. The farmers, especially women, took
turns to try their hands on the Omega VI grinder and it was great fun!
When some quantity of powder was produced, the participants applauded
their efforts and were amazed at the fine and smooth nature of final product...
I
will also share these experiences with other countries during my trips
and hopefully [the United Methodist Committee on Relief] and CTI could
begin a good collaboration to explore the possibility of support for
food processing in other countries too." (See the full article here.)
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General Mills Honors CTI Founder with Lifetime Achievement Award
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A founder of CTI, active CTI volunteer, and General Mills retiree, George  Ewing,
was recently recognized by General Mills with a Lifetime Achievement
Award. George was honored for his "tireless dedication and
service to helping those in need regardless of location or circumstance
and for his exemplary fulfillment of General Mills' mission to nourish
communities." CTI is proud to be fueled by the ingenuity of such
people. Congratulations, George! |
CTI Selected as a Finalist for the Buckminster Fuller Idea Challenge Grant
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In November
2008, CTI submitted a proposal for a Water Harvesting Community project
in India. There were over 6000 submissions. In January
2009, we were notified that we had been selected as one of 33
finalists, quite
an honor. The winner has been chosen,
and while we were not chosen, we are still thrilled to have made it as
far as
we did. Our project submission is also included in
the Idea Index on the
Buckminster Fuller website.
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Benefit Dinner Huge Success
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CTI held its
first annual Benefit Dinner at the University Club (downtown St. Paul) on April
23rd. By all accounts, it was
a great success! The nearly 200 guests were introduced to the
wonderful work CTI does through testimonials by Dick Fulmer, a CTI volunteer
who just returned from Ghana in West Africa, and Purnima Ray, who, along with
her husband, spent the past several months in India. Guests also viewed a just-produced video on
CTI's collaboration with Meds and Food for Kids in Haiti (watch the website to view
this video in the near future). And to
top off a wonderful evening, we raised nearly $30,000. If you would be interested in hosting a table
at next year's benefit and inviting your friends to learn more about CTI please
contact Emily (Emily@compatibletechnology.org).
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Poverty Levels Shifting
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Excerpt from The Economist (April 25 - May 1, 2009).
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