Carman, Man.
It's not so much the recognition that satisfies George Klassen as knowing that tens of thousands of Asian farmers are benefiting from his invention.
In 1979, Klassen, a member of Carman Mennonite Church, invented the rower pump while serving with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Bangladesh.
In June, he and his wife, Sheri, were invited to Ottawa to attend the opening of the Innovation Canada Gallery in the National Museum of Science and Technology where his rower pump is featured along with other Canadian inventions.
Until the 1980s, farmers in Bangladesh were largely dependent on the No. 6 cast iron hand pump to irrigate their crops during …
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