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    • body<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/about/scalingdevventures"><img src="http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/uploads/image/filename/SDVLogo_Bubbles_jpg0.jpg" alt="Scaling Development Ventures" width="288" height="200" /></a></span></p> <table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellpadding="22"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99ccff; text-align: center; padding-top: 20px;" colspan="2"> <h1 style="text-align: center;">Speakers</h1> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Nine speakers shared their experiences at the <br />MIT <a href="http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/about/scalingdevventures/"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline;">Scaling Development Ventures</span></a> Conference<br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; padding-top: 20px;" colspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Keynote</h2> <p>Download Krista's Keynote presentation - <a href="http://web.mit.edu/idi/SDV-2013/SDV-2013-audio-p1.mp3"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline;">Audio only</span></a> / <a href="http://web.mit.edu/idi/SDV-2013/SDV-2013-video-p1.m4v"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline;">Audio with slides</span></a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cccccc; width: 180px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;" rowspan="2"> <h2 style="line-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Krista Donaldson</span></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/uploads/image/filename/Krista_Donaldson.jpg" alt="Krista Donaldson" width="150" height="150" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.d-rev.org"><img src="http://www.d-rev.org/images/logo.png" alt="D-Rev logo" width="190" height="45" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Twitter</strong>:&nbsp;@d_rev_org</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Locations</strong>: India, Haiti, Nepal, Ecuador, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Botswana, Bangladesh and Iraq </span></span></p> </td> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT D-REV</span></h3> <div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Mission</strong>: To improve the health and incomes&nbsp;of people living on less than per day.<br style="font-size: 13px;" /> <strong>Structure</strong>: Nonprofit<br style="font-size: 13px;" /> <br style="font-size: 13px;" /> <strong>Products and services</strong>:<br style="font-size: 13px;" /> D-Rev has six main products.&nbsp;</span></span></div> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. <em>Brilliance:</em> World class jaundice treatment for&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; newborns in rural hospitals</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. <em>ReMotion Knee:</em> A high performance knee joint <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for developing world amputees</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. <em>Global Scope:</em> Affordable microscope for <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; detecting malaria and tuberculosis in rural <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; clinics</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. <em>Access for Agriculture: </em>Providing information <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; access to rural populations</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. <em>Rise Solar: </em>Powering rural households with <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; solar technology</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">6. <em>Milk to Market:</em> Affordable methods of <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pasteurizing milk for East Africans&nbsp;</span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></p> <div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT KRISTA</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Krista has been working at the intersection of design and international development for over twelve years. Prior to coming to D-Rev in 2009, Krista worked at the U.S. Department of State on economic policy and the reconstruction of Iraq's electricity sector, earning recognition for her contribution to bilateral relations. She also has worked on research and product design with KickStart International and IDEO. A native of Nova Scotia, Krista's doctoral work at Stanford was among the first to focus on engineering and social entrepreneurship in less industrialized economies. Krista has taught at Kenyatta University and the University of Cape Town and is currently a lecturer at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. Krista was a 2010-2012 Rainer Arnhold Fellow and a 2011 Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow.<br /><br /></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; padding-top: 20px;" colspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Session 1: Drawing Inspiration</h2> <span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>This session featured short presentations by five established social entrepreneurs about how they successfully scaled from a small enterprise to a medium enterprise to a large enterprise and what was different about those transition phases as well as what tools they used to make the process easier.&nbsp;</em></span></span> / Download Session 1 - <a href="http://web.mit.edu/idi/SDV-2013/SDV-2013-audio-p2.mp3"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline;">Audio only</span></a> / <a href="http://web.mit.edu/idi/SDV-2013/SDV-2013-video-p2.m4v"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline;">Audio with slides</span></a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cccccc; width: 180px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;" rowspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kate Montgomery</span></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://web.mit.edu/idi/new_images/Kate-Montgomery.jpg" alt="Kate Montgomery" width="135" height="191" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.dlightdesign.com"><img src="http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/uploads/image/filename/d_light_logo.jpg" alt="d.light logo" height="103" /></a><br /></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Twitter</strong>: @dlightdesign</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Locations:</strong> Serving over 40 countries in Africa, south and southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands</span></span></p> </td> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT D.LIGHT<br /></span></h3> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Mission</strong>: To create new freedoms for customers without access to reliable power so they can enjoy a brighter future.</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span> <div class="im"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Structure</strong>: For profit<br /><br /><strong>Products and services</strong>:<br style="font-size: 13px;" /></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: helvetica;"> d.light offers revolutionary energy and lighting solutions that are affordable and energy efficient. They use the world&rsquo;s best product design principles, along with cutting-edge solar and LED technology, to create products that are high quality, durable, and dependable. d.light products are particularly designed for their customers and their environments at a price point they can afford.<br /><br /></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT KATE</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kate Montgomery joined d.light in July 2011 as the Director of Global Partnership. Prior to that, she worked at the Feinstein International Center and the International Rescue Committee. She holds an MS in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.</span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cccccc; width: 180px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;" rowspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Toshi Nakamura</span></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0011/6682/116682v1-max-250x250.jpg" alt="Toshi Nakamura" width="150" height="109" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kopernik.info"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4-7T8rwB6FM/UC3rRUcawkI/AAAAAAAAAHk/Eai51GRw3Mw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-08-17+at+12.26.21+PM.png" alt="Kopernik logo" width="150" height="55" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Twitter</strong>: @thekopernik</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Locations</strong>: China (Inner Mongolia), Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, Timor-Leste, Uganda, Vietnam</span></span></p> </td> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT KOPERNIK</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h3> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Mission</strong>: To help innovative, life-changing technologies designed for the developing world reach the people who need them.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Structure</strong>: Nonprofit</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Products and services</strong>:</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kopernik is an online marketplace of innovative, life-changing technologies designed for low-income countries. Here is how Kopernik's online technology marketplace works:</span></span></div> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1. Kopernik's website showcases the latest technologies designed for poor communities.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2. Local groups (NGOs, local shops and cooperatives) choose what is most needed in their area and apply online for funding.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3. After being vetted, Kopernik posts local groups' technology request on Kopernik's website so that individuals can choose what they want to fund.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4. Once the required funding is raised, technology is shipped directly from the manufacturer to the local group.&nbsp; </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">5. Funder receives a report on how their donation has helped people's lives and user feedback on the technology. <br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT TOSHI<br /></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Toshi is the co-founder and CEO of Kopernik. He has spent the past ten years living in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, the United States and Switzerland working with the United Nations and dealt with governance reform, peace building processes and post-disaster reconstruction including the tsunami in Aceh and the Yogyakarta earthquake. He holds an L.L.B from Kyoto University in Japan. Toshi is Guest Associate Professor at Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University. Toshi was selected as World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader in 2012.</span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cccccc; width: 180px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;" rowspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anand Narayan</span></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/uploads/image/filename/Anand_Narayan.jpg" alt="Anand Narayan" width="129" height="150" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.selco-india.com"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.selcofoundation.org/"><img src="http://www.selcofoundation.org/selcolabs/sites/all/themes/barlow/selcolabs_images/logo2.gif" alt="SELCO logo" width="150" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Twitter</strong>: @SELCOIndia</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Location</strong>: India</span></span></p> </td> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT SELCO LABS<br /></span></h3> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Mission</strong>: To develop affordable innovations &ndash; technology, finance and process - that enhance livelihood of, or quality of life for, low-income customers.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Structure</strong>: Nonprofit</span></span></div> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong><br />Products and services</strong>:<br />SELCO Labs is an initiative of the SELCO Foundation, which is associated with the for profit company SELCO, which sells energy systems in rural communities. SELCO Labs develops solutions with rural communities for challenges including lighting, agriculture and cookstoves. They also develop financial solutions that allow rural customers to afford these products and services.<br /></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT ANAND<br /></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Anand Narayan is the Director of SELCO Labs since the company created the department in 2009. The lab works to develop affordable innovations that enhance quality of life for low-income customers. Anand grew up and studied in India before obtaining his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He formerly served as Vice-President of Engineering at TensorComm, a Colorado start-up that specialized in capacity-enhancing technologies for wireless communication systems. At TensorComm, he oversaw systems engineering, standardization, and Intellectual property, and is a co-inventor on about 20 patent applications in the area of signal processing.<br /><br /></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cccccc; width: 180px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;" rowspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">David Reich</span></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.assuredlabor.com/images/david.jpg" alt="David Reich" width="135" height="150" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.assuredlabor.com/"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.assuredlabor.com"><img src="http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/201004/6019_LogoAssuredLabor.gif" alt="Assured Labor logo" width="135" height="67" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Twitter</strong>: @assuredlabor</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Locations</strong>: Brazil, Mexico</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/scale-ups/solarclave"></a> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT ASSURED LABOR<br /></span></h3> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Mission</strong>: To revolutionize hiring in emerging markets.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Structure</strong>: For profit<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Products and services</strong>:</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The service leverages the power of mobile phones and the Internet to rapidly connect employers with the best mid-to-low wage candidates in their area. Assured Labor's disruptive platform is optimized for the realities of the Emerging Markets where 3 of 4 Internet users access the web sporadically and nearly everyone has a cell phone. With over 400,000 candidates and 12,000 employers, the company's Latin American brands, EmpleoListo &amp; TrabalhoJ&aacute;, are currently running in Mexico and Brazil.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3>ABOUT DAVID</h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">David Reich is the Founder and CEO of Assured Labor. Before this, David worked at CreditSights, specializing in Wireless and Media convergence. As employee #2 in CreditSights' Equity group he helped build out the team to 35 people over the course of two years. Prior to that, David worked as a strategy and technology consultant at Accenture. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">David received his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management</span></span>. While working toward his MBA David worked at Innosight Ventures, developing and incubating disruptive start-ups while based in India.<br /><br /></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; padding-top: 20px;" colspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Session 2: Applying Lessons Learned</h2> <span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Hear from four panelists, each of whom are young social entrepreneurs who have been working on scaling up their ventures over the last few years. The session will study their past failures and successes. The panelists will also discuss their roadblocks and the greatest challenges that they are currently facing and how they plan to overcome them.</em></span></span>&nbsp; / Download Session 2 <a href="http://web.mit.edu/idi/SDV-2013/SDV-2013-audio-p3.mp3"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline;">Audio only</span></a> / <a href="http://web.mit.edu/idi/SDV-2013/SDV-2013-video-p3.m4v"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline;">Audio with slides</span></a>.<br /> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cccccc; width: 180px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;" rowspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: medium;">Khalida Brohi</span></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HPDFDckcrQ4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACZ4/gmLTNChJbRo/s250-c-k/photo.jpg" alt="Khalida Brohi" width="150" height="150" /></p> <p><a href="http://sugharwomen.blogspot.com"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sugharwomen.blogspot.com"><img src="https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1801371480/Sughar_twitter.jpg" alt="Sughar logo" width="146" height="150" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Twitter</strong>: @SugharWomen</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Location</strong>: Pakistan</span></span></p> </td> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT SUGHAR<br /></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Mission</strong>: T</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">o build socio-economic empowerment for tribal women through skill building and income-generating opportunities with the ultimate goal of reducing gender discrimination and violence against women.<strong><br />Structure</strong>: Nonprofit</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Products and services</strong>:<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sughar establishes Women Learning and Skill Development Centers in selected rural communities. Each Center offers a six-month course to tribal and rural women on value-adding the traditional embroidery,&nbsp;enterprise development and provides basic education and literacy skills. Further, the course builds the capacity of rural and tribal women to act as contributors and decision-makers in their households.&nbsp;Sughar has also recently launched Pakistan's first ever Rural Fashion Brand for tribal and rural women in Pakistan. This venture will ensure that the traditional embroidery made by these women is featured and promoted in the fashion&nbsp;industry of Pakistan and that these women receive increased profit for their products.</span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT KHALIDA<br /></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Khalida Brohi is a 24-year-old social entrepreneur from Balochistan province in Pakistan. Starting her career at 16, she stood up to fight the custom of honor killings in her community, later running a campaign against honor killing as well as her current program called Sughar Women Program. Sughar (meaning skilled and confident woman), aims to create a society where women are not killed for honor but are honored and given equal status. She has been awarded the Young Women in Business Award and Azm-e-Alishan National Award in Pakistan; Young Champion Award by University of Singapore; and The Unreasonable Institute Fellowship Award.</span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cccccc; width: 180px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;" rowspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kenfield Griffith</span></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://legatum.mit.edu/sites/default/files/profile/Griffith_credit-Judy_Daniels_profile.jpg" alt="Kenfield Griffith" width="116" height="150" /></p> <p><a href="http://msurvey.co.ke"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://msurvey.co.ke"><img title="mSurvey" src="https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/2462923722/rodwv0wumhrcjtz4zg89.jpeg" alt="mSurvey logo" width="116" height="101" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong><br />Twitter</strong>: @mSurvey</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Locations</strong>: Kenya, Barbados</span></span></p> </td> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT mSURVEY<br /></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Mission</strong>: To use mobile technologies to connect social enterprises, researchers, and organizations with communities in developing countries and emerging markets.<strong><br />Structure</strong>: For profit</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Products and services</strong>:<br />The mSurvey technology achieves complete mobility of clients, end-users, and customers. The technology connects directly to telecommunication providers reducing data latency and increasing throughput from anywhere. mSurvey makes sense of SMS and MMS data through a wide variety of automated interactive experiences on a simple mobile phone.<br /><br /></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3>ABOUT KENFIELD</h3> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kenfield co-founded mSurvey while working on his PhD in Design and Computation at MIT with a concentration in emerging markets. Over the past 3 years, Kenfield has been working and researching the disconnect between communities and the "outside" world despite the presence of mobile phones. Kenfield began his work in Kibera, Dandora, and Lari-- all in Kenya. The mSurvey technology was initially developed to conduct ongoing assessment and evaluation of urban and remote communities, but has now evolved into a technology for connecting over 200,000 million product users spanning from mosquito nets to cook stoves, in developing countries, to the manufacturers of these products.<br /><br /></span></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cccccc; width: 180px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;" rowspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sam Reilley</span></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.communitywatersolutions.org/Media/Default/Bios/sam.jpg" alt="Sam Reilley" width="150" height="150" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.communitywatersolutions.org"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.communitywatersolutions.org/"><img src="http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQDuC8Y2WeLyN_I4&amp;w=155&amp;h=114&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.communitywatersolutions.org%2FThemes%2FCWS%2FContent%2Fimages%2Fogp.png" alt="Community Water Solutions logo" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong><br />Twitter</strong>: @CommunityWater</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Locations</strong>: Ghana</span></span></p> </td> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT COMMUNITY WATER SOLUTIONS<br /></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Mission</strong>: To bring clean drinking water to rural villages in West Africa.<strong><br />Structure</strong>: Nonprofit</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Products and services</strong>:<br />Community Water Solutions uses low-cost, community-scale water treatment and household safe storage solutions to ensure that the water stays safe and clean while users transport it and store it in their homes. Community Water Solutions also uses a hands-on approach to engaging communities as owners, operators and customers to ensure comprehensive community access to safe water, sustained use and lasting social change.<br /><br /></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3>ABOUT SAM</h3> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sam has been director of Operations for Community Water Solutions since 2011. She graduated from Clemson University in 2008 with a degree in Health Sciences. Upon graduation Sam went to South Africa to work for a non-profit in the Red Cross Children&rsquo;s Hospital where she found her passion, international development. In December 2010 Sam was a part of the Winter Fellowship Program and implemented a water business in Channayili. <br /><br /></span></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cccccc; width: 180px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;" rowspan="2"> <h2 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: medium;">Jodie Wu</span></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://fellows.ted.com/system/headshots/240/medium/240.jpg?1329937864" alt="Jodie Wu" width="150" height="114" /></p> <p><a href="http://gcstz.com"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gcstz.com"><img src="http://youngworldinventors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GlobalCycleSolutions.jpg" alt="Global Cycle Solutions logo" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong><br />Twitter</strong>: @GlobalCycleSoln</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Location</strong>: Tanzania</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">^<br /></span></span></p> </td> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">ABOUT GLOBAL CYCLE SOLUTIONS<br /></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Mission</strong>: To disseminate affordable, quality technology for villagers.<strong><br />Structure</strong>: For profit</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Products and services</strong>:<br />GCS has four main products:<br /></span></span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1. <em>SunKing Pro Solar Light and Phone Charge</em>r can give up to 30 hours of light from one day's charge and contains adapters for universal phone charging.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2. <em>GCS Maize Sheller Kit</em> is a mobile bicycle-powered tool that removes maize from the cob much faster than traditional methods</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3. <em>GCS Bicycle-powered Kiwia Phone Charger</em> charges your phone as you ride your bike from place to place.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4. <em>GCS Motorcycle Phone Charger</em> charges your phone from your motorcycle's battery.<br /><br /></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #99cccc; width: 400px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <h3>ABOUT JODIE</h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Jodie Wu founded GCS in 2009 and is the CEO.&nbsp;&nbsp; Before GCS, she worked with Parsons and GE and spent eight years working with a family business. In 2008, she led the product design team that designed GCS&rsquo; first prototype of the GCS Bicycle Maize Sheller, and in 2009, she led GCS to win the MIT 0K Business Plan Competition Development Track.&nbsp; She is a 2010 Echoing Green Fellow and 2011 TEDGlobal Fellow. She earned her SB in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2009 and is currently a D-Lab Scale-Ups fellow.</span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>^ - Previously selected as a fellow for <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/scale-ups">D-Lab Scale-Ups</a></p> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 3366px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Sughar establishes Women Learning and Skill Development Centers in selected rural communities. Each Center offers a six-month course to tribal and rural women on value-adding the traditional embroidery,&nbsp;enterprise development and provides basic education and literacy skills. Further, the course builds the capacity of rural and tribal women to act as contributors and decision-makers in their households.&nbsp;Sughar has also recently launched Pakistan's first ever Rural Fashion Brand for tribal and rural women in Pakistan. 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