presents

Village Solutions for Global Problems

GSR has developed a low cost highly effective way for rural communities to solve the

challenge of providing sustainable prosperity for all its people…

It is low cost

it does not require expensive importedtechnology to start…

It depends on communities working together to build their own prosperity

It empowers traditional leadership

This model is a cross between the highly successful kibbutz and modern corporate culture…

…adapted to African realities

GSR helps villages incorporate as businesses

The owners of the business are actually the community members

the business plan of this village corporation is designed and executed by the community

corporation management team

GSR partners with this village corporation, and

helps it market its products

… integrate the production value chain

Marketing

Value added

services

Primary production

… and train small farmers in low cost permaculture techniques that enable them to rapidly increase their income

Using amrut mitthi soil rejuvenation methods, it is possible to produce over $10,000 of produce per hectare

Village corporations can bring in annual revenues of millions of dollars

By amalgamating the productive power of many people into a corporation with large revenues, prosperity is assured for the whole community

Rural communities with barren unproductive soil…

Can transform this barren soil into fertile farmland

(this is the same land as the previous photograph 5 years later)

The village corporation not only farms – it can produce a wide variety of products like construction materials

Locally produced materials make it possible to build beautiful homes for as little as $500

And produce their own energy using low cost, reliable mid scale biomass plants

Training empowers the local workforce

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Unskilled workers gradually become skilled craftsmen or successful business owners

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Professional learns to manage, becomes

business owner

Unskilled worker becomes skilled

professional

Unskilled worker increases productivity thru OTJ

training

Village corporation managers become proficient in sophisticated development techniques

so they can manage a progressive capital investment that steadily increases capacity…

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GSR’s local partners develop vibrant profitable local economies

And tackle more and more sophisticated development projects

Target for a village corporation is a sustainable income of $4,000 per year

for each family

Plus improved health care

schools

…clinics…

And rich cultural life

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GSR plans to reinvest profits from village development into building inter-connected networks of village corporations. This will make possible a life of prosperity for millions.