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Israeli technology for the developing world

Shoshan Haran hugs an Ethiopian farmer. (Fair Planet)
October 19, 2023, 9:55 am
Shoshan Haran, presumed captive, has dedicated her life to helping African farmers
Eschewing a high-paying job for one advancing farming in poor, arid countries, the noted agricultural expert has been missing since October 7, but family holds on to hope
By Bernard Dichek
Members of the first Afrikan delegation sit with students in a renovated classroom in a school in Malindi, Tanzania, in May 2021.(Idan Arad/Courtesy of Afrikan)
July 23, 2022, 9:17 am
Ex-IDF officers band together with Tanzanian villagers to improve life on the ground
25-year old Rafi Ryker founds Afrikan, a volunteer organization that utilizes Israeli ingenuity and leadership skills to help locals build a vision and realize it themselves
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Kashmiri village women carry vessels containing water after filling them from a polluted river, on the eve of World Water Day in Khuniphat, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on March 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin/File)
January 9, 2022, 7:47 pm
Israeli cleantech company aims Miriam’s Well water purifier at developing world
Alumor, whose designer once headed tech at water purification company Tami4, says its solar-powered device uses just four watts of electricity, costs under half a cent per liter
By Sue Surkes
Gil Haskel, head of MASHAV, Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, in Nepal. (MASHAV)
February 23, 2020, 11:41 am
Trade instead of aid? As export markets shrink, Israel looks to developing world
Country’s much-lauded and decades-old overseas development arm faces uncertain future amid budget shortfall, efforts to bring private sector into game
By Sue Surkes
Zenan Sumlut examines rice at the organic rice mill she now manages in Kachin, Myanmar. (Emily Fishbein/Times of Israel)
June 14, 2019, 7:00 am
Israeli agriculture courses help developing world students reap what they sow
Partnership initiatives through the Arava International Center for Agricultural Training give trainees tools to return home and launch farms and businesses in their countries
By Emily Fishbein
A volunteer with the organization World Jewish Relief works with refugees in Greece. (Minos Alchanati/via JTA)
June 17, 2017, 3:29 am
Jewish charitable organizations preach tikkun olam to a tune of $125m.
People are still planting trees in Israel, but Jews aren’t the only tzedaka recipients — some 3 million in the developing world also receive aid
By Ben Sales
Women returning home after collecting water from a well in Dolhare, India, May 10, 2012. (Mahendra Parikh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images, via JTA)
April 4, 2017, 8:12 pm
Israeli firm to provide drinking water — from the air — for India and Vietnam
Deal to benefit remote Indian villages, Hanoi residents, announced days after Alan Dershowitz showcased Water Gen device at AIPAC
By JTA and Eric Cortellessa
Alan Dershowitz and AIPAC's national managing director Elliot Brandt showcase Israeli company Water Gen's water-making technology (Screen capture)
March 26, 2017, 9:04 pm
At AIPAC, Dershowitz pulls water out of thin air
Jurist and pro-Israel activist showcases Israeli technology that he says can be used for humanitarian aid and to combat BDS
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inspects an honor guard with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at Istana presidential palace on Monday, February 20, 2017 (Haim Zach/GPO)
February 20, 2017, 9:55 am
No understandings with Trump on settlements yet — official
Netanyahu lands in Singapore, where he meets his counterpart for talks on tech cooperation before heading to Australia
By Sue Surkes
PrePex device (Courtesy)
May 25, 2016, 5:53 pm
Israeli-developed circumcision device to be distributed in Africa
The World Health Organization wants to bring the PrePex to 14 sub-Saharan African countries
By ToI Staff
Dr. Nimrod Israeli, CEO of Biofeed, next to one of the company's decoys (Courtesy)
March 13, 2016, 6:39 pm
Israeli start-up takes on ‘grand challenge’ of beating Zika
Biofeed, which targets disease-spreading mosquitoes, is one of 10 Israeli start-ups recognized for revolutionary technologies
By David Shamah
File - an optometrist fits a patient with glasses (PIxabay)
February 18, 2016, 8:01 pm
Israeli start-up presents: The optometrist in your iPhone
6over6 is developing technology that will help buyers of glasses over the Internet – and vision-impaired residents of the developing world – see a lot more clearly
By David Shamah
The 2015 Tech Awards laureates, including Eddie Horowitz (bottom row, one from left) CEO of PrePex, a nonsurgical circumcision device, November 12, 2015. (Jakub Mosur)
November 25, 2015, 1:26 pm
Israeli invention to fight AIDS wins coveted tech prize
Life-saving circumcision procedure, already used by 100,000 men in developing countries, makes the cut at this year’s ‘Oscars of Silicon Valley’
By Raoul Wootliff
Gigawatt Global Co-Founders Yosef Abramowitz (L) and Chaim Motzen (R) with U2’s lead singer Bono at Gigawatt Global’s solar field in Rwanda (Courtesy)
October 6, 2015, 5:32 pm
Could Israel’s solar energy guru win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Yosef Abramowitz’s Rwandan solar field has inspired the Nobel committee – and singer Bono, too
By David Shamah
Participants at this year's ID2 Conference in Caesarea, August 30, 2015 (Netanel Tobias)
September 7, 2015, 6:14 pm
How big data in the backroads of Africa will help feed the hungry
Invest, don’t donate, advises an Israeli conference devoted to impact investing
By David Shamah
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