

What a great moment for The Full Belly Project.” “We are incredibly humbled and honored to be among those recognized for their contributions, and will continue to develop solutions that improve the overall well being of people worldwide. “The Tech Awards are an incredible honor, recognizing individuals and organizations whose ideas and execution of those ideas are changing the world,” said Jeff Rose, Executive Director and representing laureate member of The Full Belly Project.

Laureates are selected by a prestigious panel of international judges organized by the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Santa Clara University, and made up of Santa Clara University faculty as well as leaders from educational and research institutions, industry and the public sector around the world. The awards program honors 25 scientists and innovators annually alongside the recipient of the Global Humanitarian Award. The Tech Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity is one of the premier annual humanitarian awards programs in the world, recognizing technical solutions that benefit humanity and address the most critical issues facing our planet and its people. The Full Belly Project designs and distributes income-generating agricultural devices to improve life in developing countries. The Full Belly Project: The Full Belly project, based in Wilmington, North Carolina, offers a universal nut sheller that reduces the labor required to dehusk peanuts, coffee, shea, Neem and Jatropha.The Full Belly Project is one of the 2008 Accenture Economic Development Award Laureate’s The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation, and presented by Applied Materials, Inc., selected The Full Belly Project from among hundreds of nominations representing 68 countries. 10, 2008 – The Full Belly Project, a non-profit dedicated to developing simple income generating devices to improve life for the world’s poorest, was today named a 2008 Tech Awards Laureate, The Full Belly Project is one of 25 global innovators recognized each year for applying technology to benefit humanity and spark global change.

The Full Belly Project is One of 25 Innovators From Around the World Recognized for Applying Technology to Benefit Humanity
