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  <P>Equal Access, a San Francisco nonprofit that brings educational =
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  programming via satellite to remote villages in Nepal, was named among =
five=20
  winners of the 2003 Tech Museum Awards on Wednesday.=20
  <P>The winners were announced at a dinner banquet in San Jose to honor =
25=20
  finalists who use technology to improve human living conditions around =
the=20
  world.=20
  <P>This year, judges received more than 500 entries from 70 countries =
vying=20
  for the winning prize of $50,000 in each of the five categories.=20
  <P>Equal Access, which has distributed $70 satellite receivers to =
remote=20
  villages in Nepal, won the Nasdaq Stock Market Award for Education.=20
  <P>The group works with local radio programmers as well as existing=20
  humanitarian groups to educate Nepalese about issues such as AIDS and =
domestic=20
  violence against women, said Ronni Goldfarb, the 3-year-old =
organization's=20
  executive director.=20
  <P>"Our goal is to provide information and education to the most =
underserved=20
  communities in the world," she said.=20
  <P>More recently, Equal Access has launched a pilot program in =
Afghanistan. In=20
  partnership with that country's ministry of education and UNICEF, the =
group is=20
  providing training to teachers.=20
  <P>The group's goal is to also expand into India and Laos by 2006, =
Goldfarb=20
  said.=20
  <P>Witness, a New York organization that distributes small camcorders =
to track=20
  serious human rights violations around the world, was the winner of =
the Knight=20
  Ridder Equality Award.=20
  <P>Costa Rica's INBio, which developed a massive database containing=20
  information on all sorts of species found in that country, won the =
Intel=20
  Environment Award.=20
  <P>EcoSystems Pvt. Ltd. in Nepal was the winner in the Accenture =
Economic=20
  Development category for its creation of a low-cost human-powered wire =
bridge=20
  system that requires no electricity and very little maintenance.=20
  <P>Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, based in Seattle, won =
the Dr.=20
  Alejandro Zaffaroni Health Award for its pre-filled, single-use =
syringes for=20
  vaccinations.=20
  <P>"Every year there are surprises, things you absolutely didn't think =
about,=20
  " said Peter Giles, president and chief executive officer of the Tech =
Museum=20
  of Innovation.=20
  <P>Since the award program began in 2001, it has been growing as more=20
  organizations submit entries, he said.=20
  <P>In turn, the Tech Museum has expanded its program for the 25 =
finalists.=20
  This week, they will spend time in workshops learning how to raise =
funds and=20
  how to gain greater exposure. The finalists will also meet with =
potential Bay=20
  Area donors.=20
  <P>One past winner said that while the $50,000 cash prize is nice, =
it's the=20
  exposure that really helps.=20
  <P>"It gave us ... credibility," said Martin Fisher, co-founder of =
ApproTEC-=20
  USA in San Francisco, the winner of the economic development category =
last=20
  year.=20
  <P>After winning that award, his organization, which developed a =
StairMaster-=20
  like water pump for farmers in Kenya, received attention from large =
news=20
  outlets including Time and Newsweek magazines. Last year, he was able =
to raise=20
  $1.2 million. Now he's starting an aggressive $28 million fund-raising =

  campaign so that his water pumps can be delivered in six other =
countries in=20
  Africa.=20
  <P>"Basically ApproTEC was an unknown commodity, but it was kicked off =
by the=20
  Tech Museum," Fisher said.=20
  <P><I>E-mail Matthew Yi at <A=20
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