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Basic Utility Vehicle - BUV Ministry

Basic Utility Vehicle - BUV Ministry. Institute for Affordable Transportation, Inc. 5868 E 71 st ST, Suite E-199 Indianapolis, IN 46220 www.drivebuv.org. BUV Mission. To improve the lives of the world’s poor by providing simple, low-cost vehicles to facilitate community transformation.

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Basic Utility Vehicle - BUV Ministry

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  1. Basic Utility Vehicle -BUV Ministry Institute for Affordable Transportation, Inc. 5868 E 71st ST, Suite E-199Indianapolis, IN 46220 www.drivebuv.org

  2. BUV Mission To improve the lives of the world’s poor by providing simple, low-cost vehicles to facilitate community transformation.

  3. Our Vision Basic Vehicles. Changed Lives.

  4. The Problem & BUV - a Solution Pictures Speak Louder Than Words BUV is a Solution!

  5. Our Focus • Provide off-road vehicles to missionaries and ministries • Provide BUVs to the general population for commercial use • Help launch “Kingdom Businesses” • Partner with Christian entrepreneurs • Provide the BUV design & process • Identify investors

  6. BUV Specifications • Multi-functional • 1,200 pound payload • High torque vehicle • Top speed 20 mph • Easy to assemble • Low maintenance • Low cost • 50+ mpg / 10 hp diesel • 12’ L x 5’ W with 6.5’ cargo bed • $5,000 US built / $3,750 build in-country (75%)

  7. A Vehicle to Help the Poor God’s love in action… • Attends to physical needs • Provides freedom and hope • Facilitates gainful employment He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has done. Proverbs 19: 17

  8. Some BUV Applications • The Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV) • is a vehicle of change…taking • …children to school • …healthcare to people • …crops to and from markets • …food and water to villages • …the sick to and from hospitals and clinics • …products to construction sites • …and much more.

  9. As of Today • Expanded Impact • 19 Countries • 40 Ministry Customers • 4 Partner Agreements (for factories) • 200 Assembly Training Videos • Title Sponsor – Yanmar Engine Corp. • 19 Design Improvements • 1st BUV Built in Africa

  10. Countries Targeted • Africa : Angola; D.R. Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; S. Africa; Senegal; Zambia; Zimbabwe; • Others: Costa Rica; Haiti; Honduras; Mexico • Business Plans For: Haiti; Kenya; Liberia with several more requests

  11. Africa – Map

  12. Organizations We Are Serving • Partial List Con’t.: • Honduras Outreach • HôpitalSacré Coeur • Latin American Mission • Lifeline Christian Mission • Living Water Christian Church • Malawi Project • Medical Mobilizers • Missions Intl. of America • Mission Honduran • Rivers of the World • Samaritan’s Purse • Send Hope • SIM • World Vision • …and more Serving With (Partial List): • African Christian Hospitals • Bethsean Mission • Catholic Charities • Casas por Cristo • Christian & Missionary Alliance • Christian Center of Praise • Christian Mission of C. Honduras • Congo Helping Hands • Eden’s Children Village • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia • Evangelical West Africa Ministries • FAME • Flora Azul • Ghana Christian Mission

  13. BUVs in Ghana David Ketchum Mission Resource International Exec. Director

  14. Story of Issah in Ghana • 26 year old Muslim selected by Pastor Samuel Mensah to be a BUV driver • A single man who cares for his aging father and younger brother’s family • Cannot afford to marry his girlfriend nor operate his small farm • Now has regular routes to haul sand, gravel and water with the BUV • In first 40 days, his BUV had a total profit of about $500 with Kingdom Benefits • He hired two boys to shovel the sand into his BUV • Saved his earnings to hire farm helpers and has plans to get married • Issah now has faith in Christ Jesus and desires to join & support the Church • Pastor’s Mensah’s church receives a monthly gift from Issah’s earnings • Our Goal: to help hundreds if not thousands of men and women like Issah

  15. Quotes “I call this BUV a treasure and that is what it is.” Pastor Salonique Adolphe Living Water Christian Church Gonaives, Haiti (after the hurricanes) “Our BUV gets stuck much less than our 4x4 Land Rover … if it does get stuck, it is much easier to rescue” W. Collins, Congo Helping Hands

  16. New Freight Solutions Double Stacked 8 Units per Container Crated Nested Halves Re-use Crate for Bed Individual Shipments

  17. Build-a-Bed Project • Build-a-Bed (cargo bed) • 7 Teams in 2008 • Father/Son teams • Men’s groups • Bible Study Groups • Corporate Groups • BUV Tailgate Parties • New for 2009 • Off-site (at churches, camps)

  18. Kingdom Business • Led by Christian leader • Operate on biblical principles • “Triple Bottom Line” • Economic, Social, Spiritual • Sustainable by profit • Facilitate God’s transformation of people & nations • Bottom Line ROI = Transformational Impact and Sustainable Businesses Business As Mission: a calling to establish "kingdom businesses" to advance the kingdom of God and to provide for the needs of ourselves and others.

  19. Some Objectives • Position for growth • Increase capacity for large orders • Refine Technology Transfer • New Website & Marketing • 100th BUV sold soon • Add Reverse Transmission • Encourage & track BUV-based businesses • Owner-operators (transport entrepreneurs) • Stories (life change) & Impact Studies

  20. New Options for BUV • Load Handler (Scroll-type) • Safer & Low Cost • Lockable Storage • Removable • People will sit on it! • Load Indicator • Prevent overload • Provide driver a reason to say “no” • New “assembly only” front end design with no welding making it easier to launch a micro-factory

  21. Agricultural Options for BUV • Agricultural Developments –The PLOTMASTER™ • All-in-One farming equipment pulled by a BUV • Alternative: a simple plow added to back of BUV • Agricultural possibilities in developing countries • 2010 BUV Design Competition Theme

  22. Three Options for BUV Projects • The options we offer those who inquire: • Option 1: SEND-a-BUV • Option 2: BUV Delivery Service (BDS) with the Business Mission Institute (BMI) • Option 3: BUV Micro-Factory (In-Country)

  23. SEND-a-BUV MAKE A DIFFERENCE! • Project is For: Your family, small group, church, or business • What you do: SEND-a-BUV to a ministry or missionary • Cost: For about $5,500*, you provide valuable and affordable transportation to change the lives of God’s people in impoverished areas overseas • Help To: Create jobs…support families…fight poverty. • Note: This lays the foundation for the BUV Delivery Service (BDS) Program and/or future BUV Micro-Factories along with other sustainable “Business As Missions projects. *(Cost of a BUV plus freight, admin. & repair kit). TOGETHER – WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE ONE LIFE AT A TIME

  24. BUV Delivery Service (BDS) • The BDS mission is to create a revenue generator (fees for deliveries) that also diminishes the possibility of abuse and misuse of the vehicles. Presently some of the BUVs on the ground in various countries suffer and sustain performance challenges due to misuse or abuse (overweight). • The BDS as a work-to-own program is one way for individuals to purchase an expensive mode of transportation, plus gain some valuable business and spiritual training. Then they can own and operate their own BUV related business after 3 years. If done as planned, we will have achieved our goal of reducing poverty and “improving the lives of the world’s poor”.

  25. BDS Facts and Figures • $99,500 / BDS to be paid in full w/o interest in month 36 • 6 BUVS plus 6 BUV Kits (New front ends kits) • $50 / day for 22 days per month X 11 BUVs • Three year operation generating Gross Sales of $417K • Net Income: about 14% after 3 years • Ending Cash Balance: $18,000 • Ministry Donation: $33,000 (8%) • IAT Licensing Fee: $20,000 (5%) • # Jobs: 13 full time employees • ROI: Transformational Impact + Sustainability • Changed Lives: THOUSANDS

  26. Business Mission Institute (BMI) • The BMI mission is to teach “business as missions” courses, provide mentoring and counsel, encourage drivers to establish Kingdom Businesses that provide for the needs of themselves and others, teach Biblically based business principles for both community and personal benefits, etc. The emphasis is that the delivery business is their ministry.

  27. BUV Micro-Factory • IAT/BUV Partners are independently owned businesses that produce and/or sell BUVs in developing countries for profit. IAT and Partners develop and promote a collaborative relationship to advance the use of BUVs.  IAT provides contacts, technical design, supply sourcing and business support to produce, assemble and distribute BUVs.  Most of our Partners are presently focused on needs & opportunities in Africa.   • Most BUV micro-factories will use 2000 - 5000 square feet of space.  Typical production volumes range from 1 unit per week to 1 vehicle per day.  Small by western standards, this is a sizable business for many impoverished areas of the world. • Ask for our Terms of Agreement for more details.

  28. Moving Forward – Our Needs • PRAYERS for God’s Provisions to move forward FUNDING OPTONS: • $50,000 Capacity Funds for business plans, etc. for 6 months • $99,500 for BUV Delivery Service (BDS) - Haiti • $99,500 for BUV Delivery Service (BDS) – Liberia • $15,000 to develop Business Mission Institute (BMI) • $150,000 for BUV Micro-Factory – Kenya • Generous Giving Glorifies God – II Corinthians 8

  29. Basic Vehicles. Changed Lives. Institute for Affordable Transportation 5868 E 71st ST, Suite E-199Indianapolis, IN 46220 www.drivebuv.org

  30. Personal Update - BUV Founder Will Austin will add his personal update at this time if he is on this conference call or in this presentation. Will Austin IAT Executive Director

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