Juataa's Blog

OUR WEBSITE IS NOW UP AND RUNNING

juataa — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:48:39 +0000

We are very grateful to Steve Crane for creating our website free, at www.juataa.co.uk Have a look at it because it is powerful, and a

MUCH easier way for you to help us get the message out to as many people as possible before Christmas. Just give them the link.

EXTENSION OF THE 14TH DECEMBER DEADLINE FOR ORDERS

juataa — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:45:26 +0000

People living in the UK from developing countries (they are, after all, the best placed here to understand the present dire situation), want the deadline lifted to give them more time to raise a lot more lamps. To them, what matters is that they can order lamps as presents, not that delivery has to be by then. So we will now accept orders right up to Christmas.

MULTIPLY THAT BY ALL THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND YOU WOULD BE HELPING TO CREATE A HUGE NUMBER OF

Some of you are finding contacts who seem unhappy at the prospect of someone being able to earn from getting orders. Many people are in a bad financial way and this could help them turn what may have been a dismal Christmas into a brighter one. Can we really begrudge them that? And what about those who like the fact that they can raise money for their own good causes, perhaps for a church to boost its restoration fund? Or people who generate 4 lamps so that they can give a 5th free? Our plan is designed to help in as many ways as possible and we are extremely proud of that. We hope you will be too!

Job Cretation

juataa — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:44:31 +0000

This aspect has proved of particular interest to a lot of you especially in the employment of disabled people. Our policy is to manufacture IN each country FOR each country, so EVERYONE involved-in manufacturing, administration and sales-will be local.

For every 1,000 lamps produced weekly in each country, we will need another 6 assemblers. But it’s in sales where we can create the most jobs. The best way to do this is not to sell to shops (that needs few salespeople) but to sell direct to householders. In fact, we will need salespeople in virtually every village of any size.

If we sell to only 2% of households, we would need a total of 20 Head Office and assembly staff, and 105 salespeople. If that’s all we do that’s not bad, but a more likely figure is 10%, giving employment to 625 people.

We are very grateful to Steve Crane for creating our website free, at www.juataa.co.uk Have a look at it because it is powerful, and a MUCH easier way for you to help us get the message out to as many people as possible before Christmas. Just give them the link.

What does that mean in real terms? Take Uganda, where we are manufacturing now:

JOB CREATION

Latest News Update…

juataa — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:43:44 +0000

A lot is happening and those of you supporting us might like to hear the latest! We are being promoted by the Centre on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development at their forthcoming African conference. We have already got real interest from high commissioners and our first licensee, for Kenya, with others queuing up (some are local charities aiming to create jobs and raise funds) and serious business people. Others are promoting us on their websites. So those of you still waiting in the wings…… well, hopefully this will inspire you to help us in what is a genuinely gratifying initiative.

All that will help us in the future but we need more lamps NOW to give away, because current inflation is escalating an already bad situation, so these new facts might help you.

A Christmas Message From David

juataa — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:16:09 +0000

All over the developing world millions of families will be without any light at all, while we enjoy the bright lights of Christmas parties and celebrations.

Others will use makeshift ways of creating light that
are filled with all sorts of dangers-some actually LETHAL.

Can You Help??

If you can, you will also help us to set up manufacture in EACH country, creating jobs exclusively for local people, many of whom will be disabled or disadvantaged. Many more jobs will be created because we will need people right down to village level, or will create revenue for local schools or charitable institutions.

Dear friends,

Following our arrival at Entebbe Airport late one night on a recent visit to Uganda, we drove through a trading centre on the main Kampala – Entebbe road.

The familiar sight and sound of countless people milling around the trading centre greeted us. All along the roadside people were selling their wares… fruit and vegetables, cooked food and household goods… all manner of things were available here.

My eyes gradually became adjusted to the darkness caused by the non-existence of street lighting, and my ears were assaulted by the cacophony of sounds being generated by both the passing traffic and buyers and sellers alike thronging the roadside.

However, what shocked me most was that the air around us was so thick with the overwhelming smell of burning fuel oil that you could almost cut it with a knife.

Every six feet or so, a paraffin lamp was perched atop someone’s pile of tomatoes or mangoes. This was not the type of paraffin lamp we expect in the West, but a simple tin can with a cloth wick protruding from the top.

The small amount of flickering light this generated was partially obscured by the black smoke that filled the air with such density that it showed up as fog in the headlights of the passing traffic .”

You may think that David’s experience of the appalling pollution these people have to live with every day, with its consequent effects on health – not to mention the degradation of the environment – is bad enough. Actually, this is only part of the story… visit www.juataa.co.uk to find out more.

Thank you for your support in advance.

Juataa's Blog

OUR WEBSITE IS NOW UP AND RUNNING

EXTENSION OF THE 14TH DECEMBER DEADLINE FOR ORDERS

Job Cretation

Latest News Update…

A Christmas Message From David

All over the developing world millions of families will be without any light at all, while we enjoy the bright lights of Christmas parties and celebrations.

Others will use makeshift ways of creating light that are filled with all sorts of dangers-some actually LETHAL.

Can You Help??

Dear friends,

Others will use makeshift ways of creating light that
are filled with all sorts of dangers-some actually LETHAL.