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Village Solutions for Global Problems

GSR has developed a low cost highly effective way for building sustainable rural prosperity

it does not require expensive imported technology to start…

It empowers communities to work together to build their own prosperity

It is therefore ideal for village life

It heals the planet while empowering universally inclusive prosperity

It is therefore potentially the

greatest business opportunity of this century

GSR helps villages to incorporate as businesses

The owners of the business are the community members

the business plan of this village corporation is designed and executed by the community, with

assistance from GSR’s highly trained design team

GSR partners with this village corporation, and helps it market its

products, develop its economy

And integrate the production value chain

GSR helps train farmers in low cost permaculture techniques that enable them to rapidly increase their income

Using amrut mitthi farming methods, it is possible to produce as much as

$10,000 of produce per acre

This methodology makes it possible to transform barren land…

Into fertile farmland (this is the same land as the previous photograph five years later)

GSR’s “My Village Bank” provides startup financing for a wide variety of cottage industries in the village

…such as construction materials, carpets, furniture, soap and clothing

Community members will have to work very hard, but they get great benefits. Everyone in the community is guaranteed employment…

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… a beautiful home produced with local materials and local labor,

plenty of nutritious cooked food,

health care, schools, job training, and a rich cultural life

The quality of life for every family in a GSR village project is equivalent to a lifestyle that might cost about

$40,000 per year in the city.

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This village centric solution is a networkable model for

sustainable middle class prosperity for the entire

planet

The first step towards empowering prosperity

for all of the people in an area is building the first village of 5000 people. The initial investment required is about $5 Million.

This includes design, infrastructure, initial wages, and soil rehabilitation

Within five years, the village corporation should have annual revenues of as much as $10 Million

Profits will help build the village economy and also assist neighboring villages to begin the

same process

Once the original “anchor” village is running smoothly, it will be possible to

build as many as 100 satellite village projects for practically no cost.

This means that the original investment of $5 Million can build a local economy with revenues over $1 Billion within 10 years

How is this possible?

• Neighboring villages will be excited to offer full cooperation

• Minimal labor costs ( they will work for food)

• Free land • Amrut mitthi materials are freely

available • GSR Marketing team and Agro

trainers already existing • GSR warehouses already existing • GSR truck fleet already existing

GSR can help these villages begin their development process on very limited budgets

by sharing existing warehousing and distribution infrastructure…

…by training farmers in the new projects how to use low cost Amrut mitthi

agriculture methods (which utilizes only locally available materials),

And by mobilizing a good dose of sweat equity

Eventually these self funded satellite projects will achieve the same level of prosperity as the original project

Success in self funding village projects will serve to open the floodgates of tens of thousands of villages eager to build their economies

Networks of prosperous self reliant village economies will be able to

effectively network with each other to develop strong local

economies

This means an end to poverty, starvation and hopelessness for

millions of people – by their own efforts.

There are no handouts in GSR!

That is why we call “Self Empowerment of the Powerless”.