Tutorial: IEEE CSI Business Development Workshop Village Help for South Sudan, Inc. Ron Moulton, Mou Riiny Village Help for South Sudan, Inc.

Tutorial:

IEEE CSI Business Development Workshop

Village Help for South Sudan, Inc.Ron Moulton, Mou Riiny

Village Help for South Sudan, Inc.

Village Help for South Sudan

• Non-profit 501c3 charity founded in 2007• Mission: to help remote villages undertake

their own development work• SSAFTA – Helping to form a trade association– Mission: build trade and investment

partnerships between existing and new enterprises in South Sudan and U.S. companies interested in for-profit social enterprise development

Villages lack the infrastructure and services

Even water and food are scarce

Education and materials are lacking in outdoor classes under trees…

… today learning in classrooms with desks is the norm in this village!

… and teacher training and adult literacy

Uniforms for the students are manufactured locally

Shopping for fabric to make the uniforms

Two of the tailors hired to make the uniforms.

Tailoring instruction will be a key program of our alternative education offerings of our multi-

purpose center concept.

Schools typically have 4-classroom blocks

The village makes bricks the traditional way for schools and other structures.

Making bricks uses a lot of water and takes a lot of hard work by many people.

The bricks are fired in mounds like this

The village clinic goes up!

Support is needed to reduce maternal and newborn mortality rates

Villages without a hand pump must get there water from a deep hole in the ground.

Villagers drink this water because it is all they have, and they get sick.

Bore holes and hand pumps need energy alternatives.

Food support is desperately needed all over South Sudan. Irrigation systems can help.

Diesel generators and solar energy solutions are limited and inefficient.

We brought a satellite Internet system to this village. There is no electric grid or cellular service in most locations like this.

Village Help for South Sudan and our SSAFTA partnerships aim to support the career of Mou Riiny in his quest to build a sustainable energy business in South Sudan.

Current Energy Market Opportunities• Marketplace shops

– Pay for electricity based on device usage

• NGO / Business offices– We already have requests

• Clinics– Revenue model already established for patient service fees

• Farm irrigation systems– Energy costs can be offset by crop sales

• Private homes– Poorest majority cannot afford, but a growing “middle

class” could be initial customers