Village entrepreneurs use low power, low cost highest tech for better health, education, and

livelihood

All Together Now

Lee Thorn

Chair, Jhai

lee@jhai.org/+1 415 420 2870

We’re all in these economic and weather messes together

The poorest and the richest

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We can use business

rigor

And we all win

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The Dilemma in ICT4D**

Build New Capabilities

Be More Responsive

Customize

Be Open

Think Strategically

Impose ‘Best Practices’

Cut CostsBe More EfficientStandardizeBe SecureExecute FlawlesslyEncourage

Participation

* Information and Communication

Technology for Development

Innovation

Cost containment

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pat your head

rub your belly

“Working with each village in initial assessments, business planning, hardware and software choice, and pace of adoption of applications … and creating standardized processes and technology platforms … can seem like conflicting activities, but doing BOTH is key to maximizing value.”

Lee Thorn, ChairmanJhai Foundation

Our business

. We provide at low cost …

training of trainersappropriate

equipment for village ICT4D

Advice that reduces costs and maximizes profit for implementer and village entrepreneurs needs.

2003 Laos ICT4D Implementation

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• High

Accountability• Local

Ownership• Low Overhead• Localized Style• Sustainable

Communitydetermines

needsand exact

solutions, builds on assets and capabilities

Tools to show community how to build it

Measurableoutcomes

Create 2-way dialog

& relationship

* Patent-Pending

Reconciliation

DevelopmentMethod*

Jhai reconciliation model

Gear costs in initial ICT4D

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35%

Training costs in initial ICT4D

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50%

85%

information is a key strategic asset

36%

well positioned to use information for growth

Source: “Unlocking the Value of the Information Economy,” a global survey of 1,375 executives conducted by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services and sponsored by Symantec

Room for Improvement

85%

information is a key strategic assetJhai’s training is largely free, virtual, fast

36%

well positioned to use information for growth

Jhai does R&D, trains trainers, consults very fast

Room for Improvement

Leverage

Core Jhai Systems & Technology

Market Edge

After Charlie Feld, Blind Spot

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focus on customersfocus on customers

Network solution

The Constant is

Sustainability

Communication environment

Power options

Electrical grid status

People’s traditions

Key considerations in villages

Low cost, low power hardware

ReMeDi solution: respiration, BP, pulse, EKG, lung capacity, temperature; 2 2-way A/V windows, smart patient records. 2W

Jhai PC/server: 3.2GHtz,4GigRAM, 300Gbts, <30W

Ncomputing clients in network for school and community use: 4w

Printer/Scanner

Jhai Village Server

WIFI or cable

Alternative or grid power depending on local conditions

Switch

nComputing Clients

ReMeDi telemedicine gear

Measurements – 12-channel ECG, NiBP, Auscultation Sounds (Stethoscope), Temperature and Heart rate

Optional Pulse Oximeter and Spirometer probes available

Standalone PC software/ interface libraries for WinXP/ Win2K/ WinME/ Win98

Choice of serial or USB interface to the PC

Choice of semi-automatic or automatic BP measurement

Integrates with ReMeDi – SOFT, for a complete telemedicine and EMR solution

Software

» Neurosynaptic’s ReMeDi diagnosis and treatment tools

» WindowsXP (Linux or Mac available for additional cost)

» Open Office» Jhai Networks™ communication suite – up to

4 A/V windows, up to 300 node conferences, any kind of file-sharing and mark-up all at low bandwidth! (free with JhaiPC)

» Coming: 3D and blood testing

Award-winning training

Off-grid in Hmong/Lao school » Business planning

» Accounting

» Operations

» Technology use and maintenance

» Plus long-term, localized follow-up

Business organization

» Local independent business allies of Jhai

Foundation

» Jhai Foundation provides R&D,

equipment, training trainers and

customization consulting

Jhai Associations

and other local

partners

Jhai Enterprises

Jhai Founda

tion

Management

» Lee Thorn has over 30 years consulting experience, 12 years as co-founder and chair of board of Jhai. He is a former graduate business school teacher, O.D. trainer and combat veteran.

» Vorasone Dengkayaphichith, an engineer, has run operations for Jhai for 11 years, has two advanced degrees in IT, and has 20 years of ICT development experience in Laos and elsewhere.

» Joe Tan CPA has 30 years accounting experience and has worked with Jhai for 12 years as its accountant , financial advisor, and recently treasurer.

» .

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Exhibit c. Village Financial Model Exhibit c. Village Financial ModelExhibit c. Village Financial ModelExhibit c. Village Financial ModelExhibit c. Village Financial ModelJHAI -- Village Economic Analysis

ConstantsDemographicsNumber of Villagers 425Average Number of Pple per Household 6Per Capita Annual Income $140.00Number of Villages in Network 5

Charges, Costs and Usages for Services per village in five village networkLocal Call in Kips Assumptions: Cost (kips/minute) 150 cost per Lao TelAverage Length (minutes) 5 the local calls are about 5 minutes in length(since charge rate is much higher with longer calls)Average of number of calls per month 300 10 local calls per dayLong Distance CallCost (kips/minute) 200 cost per Lao TelAverage Length (minutes) 5 the long distance calls are about 5 minutes in lengthAverage of number of calls per month 60 2 calls per dayInternational CallCost (kips/minute) 770 Cost for internet call service plus Lao Tel plus Internet connection feeAverage Length (minutes) 5 international calls( to oversea relatives) are about 10 minutes in length Average of number of calls per month 10 every household makes an international call per monthInternet Cost (kips/minute) 370 Lao Tel plus Internet connection feeAverage use per month (hours) 5 10 minutes per day for emails/online information servicePrintingCost (per page) 1000 Ink and paperAverage use per month (pages) 30 every day print one page

CalculationsMonthly Revenue

Local Call Revenue $60.00Long distance Call Revenue $27.00International Call Revenue $13.85Internet Revenue $15.00Printing Revenue $12.00Monthly Total Revenue $127.85

CostNetwork Cost

Hardware cost Exchange Rate (kips/$)Village PC $420.00 Number of years to amortize cost of HardwareVillage PC Peripherals $530.00 including printer, bike, battery, antennaCentral server $300.00Central Server Peripherals $80.00 including antenna, cables, grounding stakes, lightning rodRelay PC $240.00Relay PC Peripherals $400.00 including 2 antennas, 2 batteries, cables, ground stakes, lightning rod

Monthly Recurring Cost per monthRelay PC Maintenance $2.50 $30/year/unit

Jhai business planning and accounting tool

History

Jhai Foundation helped create well over 250 profitable businesses with a 90+% success rate over 12 years in rural Laos

Neurosynaptic, World Health Partners and Jhai have put sustainable telemedicine in about 200 villages in India

International ‘best practices’ awards

Award-winning Technology Award-winning Technology

Strategic Partners- past and present

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lighten up

The government should adopt Web-based and free technologies over proprietary ones wherever possible to reduce government spending on long-term maintenance and consulting contracts. - Aneesh Chopra

Think e-gov, telemedicine, biz & agricultural services & more

Cisco Virtual Sales Meeting, September

2009

19,000 participants

89 countries

24 times zones

88 hours

90% cost savings!… and offset 84,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide

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Think collaboration, conferencing, distant learning, e-tools for commerce, microcredit and banking, vocational education, with translation

Think cloud computing, virtual networking, conferences, peer-to-peer cross-cultural experiences among poorer village and slum children, businesses, schools, clinics and families

TimePhase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Communicationsand Training

Economic tools

Health

Possible future in rural villages

Sustainable

Telemedicine

ICT Centers with

voice/video

communication

Surveillance on rural

public health data

Crop prices and

agriculture support

Remote education

Just-on-time

pandemic response

Outsourced business,

vocational education,

many others

Uses

Convergence Enables Complete Solution

Jhai Development Stack

“Stack”

Advanced IT

Business Planning Tools

Jhai Reconciliation Methodology

REAL SIMPLECOMMON PROCESSES

STANDARD INFORMATION

LEVERAGED PLATFORM OF CORE SYSTEMS

INNOVATION AT THE EDGE

“It may seem counterintuitive, but the more standardized your systems and processes are, the more flexible you can be.”- Charlie Feld, Blind Spot

Key disclosures

» Jhai has inquiries from 60 countries

» Indian probable market for telemedicine next year: 3000 villages

» Jhai has spent $2 million creating and testing hardware, software and development systems over last eight years.

Today’s Tech Landscape

Q. Which option best describes your plans for each of the following applications in the next 12 months?

Source: CIO Technology Priorities Study February 2010

Source: CIO Technology Priorities Study February 2010

Tomorrow?

Q. Which option best describes your plans for each of the following applications in the next 12 months?

Jhai is cutting edge

Jhai helps villages

leap-frog

» Collaboration in the cloud

» Business processes integrated laterally

and vertically » Focus on service

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think radical

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Shall we do something radically

fun together?

Contact: lee@jhai.org

What to do?

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• You invest in the growth of our sustainable business

• We help you deploy a big rural poverty-reduction system using ICT, starting

with telemedicine

• You tell us how we can meet your needs

• Contact Lee lee@jhai.org /+1 415 420 2870

What to do?

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Lee ThornChair, Jhai

+1 415 420 2870lee@jhai.org

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