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Jhai Foundation's Lee Thorn, a pioneer in ICT4 sustainable development, shows how to use integrated ICTs as proven tools in telemedicine, education and livelihood in villages and slums
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Village entrepreneurs use low power, low cost highest tech for better health, education, and
livelihood
All Together Now
Lee Thorn
Chair, Jhai
[email protected]/+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.
» .
24/7
24/7
24/7
24/7
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
Image from Cisco
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: [email protected]
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 [email protected] /+1 415 420 2870
What to do?
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Lee ThornChair, Jhai
+1 415 420 [email protected]
Special thanks to Abbie Lundberg for format ideas and initial source research on larger companies . Jhai takes full
responsibility for accuracy of information. This slideshow can be shared with no restrictions. We support and adhere to
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Most of the photos in this presentation are from flickr, offered for use under a Creative Commons licensePhoto by Matthew Fang