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Basic Utility Vehicle
BUV Ministry
Institute for Affordable Transportation, Inc.
5868 E 71st 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.
Our Vision
Basic Vehicles. Changed Lives.
The Problem & BUV - a Solution
Pictures Speak Louder Than Words
BUV is a Solution!
Our Focus
 Provide off-road vehicles to missionaries and
ministries
 Provide BUVs to the general population for
commercial use
 Help launch “Kingdom Businesses”
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Partner with Christian
entrepreneurs
Provide the BUV design
& process
Identify investors
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%)
A Vehicle to Help the Poor
God’s love in action…
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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
Some BUV Applications
The Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV)
is a vehicle of change …taking
 …children to school
 …healthcare to people
 …crops to market
 …food and water to villages
 …the sick to hospitals and clinics
 …construction materials
 …and much more.
As of Today
 Expanded Impact
 19
Countries
 40 Ministry Customers
 4 Partner Agreements (for factories)
 200 Assembly Training Videos
 Title Sponsor – Yanmar Engine Corp.
Countries Targeted
 Africa : Angola; D.R. Congo; Ethiopia;
Gabon; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi;
Mozambique; Nigeria; S. Africa; Senegal;
Zambia; Zimbabwe;
 Other: Haiti, Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexico
 Business Plans: Haiti; Kenya; Liberia
completed
Africa – Map
Organizations We Are Serving
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
 Honduras Outreach
 Hôpital Sacré 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
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…and more
BUVs in Ghana
Income Generation Projects:
Shea Nuts
Partner: Mission Resource International
Story of Issah in Ghana
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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:
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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
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
Build-a-Bed Project
 Build-a-Bed (cargo bed)
 Bible Study Groups
 Involve churches
 Corporate Groups
 Father/Son teams
 BUV Tailgate Parties
 Build Tailgate only
 Off-site (at churches, camps)
 Men’s groups
Kingdom Business
 Led by Christian owner
 Operated on biblical principles
 “Triple Bottom Line”
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Economic, Social, Spiritual
 Sustainable by profit
 Facilitate God’s transformation
of people & nations
 Bottom Line ROI = Transformational
Impact and Sustainable Business
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.
Some Objectives
 Position for growth
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Increase capacity for large orders
Release Assembly Only option
Refine Technology Transfer
New Website & Marketing
 Add “Reverse”
 Encourage & track BUV-based businesses
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Owner-operators (transport entrepreneurs)
 Collect Stories of life change & Impact Studies
Agricultural Options for BUV
 Agricultural Developments –
The PLOTMASTER™
 All-in-One farming equipment pulled by a BUV
 Hitch/receiver implements
 Farming for small plots (<10 acres)
 Theme for 2010 BUV Design Competition
Three Options for BUV Projects
 Option 1: SEND-a-BUV
 Option 2: BUV Delivery Service (BDS)
 with
Business Mission Institute (BMI)
 Lower risk project
 Option 3: BUV Micro-Factory (In-Country)
SEND-a-BUV
MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
 Project for: Your family, small group, church, or business
 What you do: SEND-a-BUV to a ministry or missionary.
 Cost: For $5,500*, you provide valuable and affordable
transportation to help God’s people in impoverished areas overseas
 Help share the gospel, create jobs, support families & fight poverty.
Note: This lays the foundation for the BUV Delivery Service (BDS) Program or future
BUV Micro-Factory.
*(Cost includes BUV, US freight, admin. & repair kit).
TOGETHER – WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE ONE LIFE AT A TIME
BUV Delivery Service (BDS)
 The BDS is a revenue generator (fees for deliveries)
and training program that diminishes the possibility of
vehicle abuse and misuse.
 The BDS is a work-to-own program that allows an
owner/operator to purchase an efficient mode of
transportation, plus gain some valuable business and
spiritual training. They can own and operate their own
BUV related business after the 3 year program.
BDS Facts and Figures
 $99,500 / BDS (returned w/o interest in month 36)
 6 BUVs plus 6 BUV Kits (requires assembly)
 Revenue: $50 per day x 22 days/mo X 11 BUVs x 36 months
 Gross Sales of $417K in 3 years
 Net Income: 14%
 Ending Cash Balance: $18,000
(buffer)
 Ministry Donation: $33,000 (8%)
 IAT Licensing Fee: 5%
 # Jobs: 13 full time employees
 ROI: Transformational Impact + Sustainability
 Changed Lives: THOUSANDS
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, and teach Biblically
based business principles (for both community/personal
benefits, etc.)
For the owner/operator, the delivery business is their
ministry.
BUV Micro-Factory
 IAT/BUV Partners are independently owned businesses that
produce and 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 factories will use 2500-5000 square feet of space. Typical
production volumes range from 100–200 units per year. Small by
western standards, this is a sizable business for many
impoverished areas of the world.
 Ask for Terms of Agreement for more details.
Moving Forward – Our Needs
 PRAYERS for God’s Provisions to move forward
FUNDING OPTONS:
 $15,000 to develop Business Mission Institute (BMI)
 $50,000 Capacity Funds for business plans, etc. for 6 months
 $99,500 for BUV Delivery Service (BDS) - Haiti
 $125,000 for BUV Delivery Service (BDS) – Liberia
 $150,000 for BUV Micro-Factory – Kenya
 Generous Giving Glorifies God
– II Corinthians 8
Basic Vehicles. Changed Lives.
Institute for Affordable Transportation
5868 E 71st ST, Suite E-199
Indianapolis, IN 46220
www.driveBUV.org
Personal Update - BUV Founder
Will Austin will add his personal update
and history at this time if he is on the
conference call.
Will Austin
IAT Executive Director
New Options for BUV
 New “Assembly Only” option
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no welding required
Less risk and investment
 Load Handler (scroll-type)
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Safer & Low Cost
 Overload Protection
 Load Indicator
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Prevent overload
Provide driver a reason to say “no”
Freight Solutions
 Double Stacked
 Crated
 8 Units per Container
 Nested Halves
 Re-use Crate for Bed
 Individual Shipments