Vital Village

a new paradigm in development

 Vital Village

A p l ace for people to live and create

Vit al Vi l l a ge Ru l e # 1
In ve st i n Pe o p l e ’s Deve lopment

Start change through your own investment, work, life and consciousness!

60% of the world’s people are poor. Their potentials lay unused, being a loss for the world.
The states’ national borders are not the true divisions. Deep social ruptures separate us.

Climate change, fossil raw material depletion, social insecurity and the financial crisis are
most pressing issues. However, before they will ever de solved we must integrate the poor,
work with them to make the world a place we all like it to be.

Vital Village opens a door for the MAYA to newly thrive. The poor of Yucatán are the same
Mayan people who once managed a sustainable civilization of grand richness. Integrating
the profound European technical and organizational knowledge with their re-empowerment
a strong impulse for sustainable living will be created in the Vital Villages.

Vital Villages are places for people to lead meaningful productive lives, to be focussed,
decide and act in their real own ways - whatever their background may be.
Vit al Vi l l a ge Ru l e # 2
S u st a i n he a lthy energ y and food supplies
Be the love for people and for the earth, act responsibly without further assumptions.

Vital Villagers produce healthy energy and food for themselves and for their clients.
They secure their own regional independence and combine it with responsibility
for quality food and energy supplies to the city markets.

In a balanced economy the rural areas will always have to produce what the cities most need.
Their production must, however, provide fair and secure rural incomes. To re-create this balance
Vital Villages take the initiative to show the potentials of integral rural production providing
sustained and healthy flows of food, water and energy.

The main production factor in a healthy economy is integral consciousness. It’s through our own
consciousness that we enable people’s brains to develop healthily with good nutrition. Presence,
awareness, perspective, attention and discernment lead to loving care extended by Vital Villagers.
Vit al Vi l l a ge Ru l e # 3
Create an i nt e l l i ge n t resource management
Make intelligent raw material and energy production the basis of our future economies.
Be impeccable integrating all future technologies into the natural bio-cycles.
Create no environmental poison and no waste. Soil and water management are key to this strategy.
The past Maya civilization managed to do so, why not we?

Bio-cycle integration becomes possible when we start considering the natural resources and
nature itself as a common world heritage. We must develop our respect for everybody’s dignity,
learning and reframing our exploitation habits.

Intelligent resource management starts at the bottom line, where the resource is. It starts where
people touch the water and the soil, learn and live together, in the worlds’ villages.

For the Vital Villages, achieving an intelligent and sustainable resource management around the
world is a prerequisite to bringing our planet’s carbon use into balance. Intelligent bio-cycle
technologies are the key to shaping this strategy.
Vit al Vi l l a ge Ru l e # 4
Devel o p S o c i a l B u s i n e ss Strategies
Overcome the separation of social concerns and economic, technological design.

There is a big social job to be done on earth. National state policy makers have failed, and there is
no reason to assume they could be more effective in the future. Social conflicts and divisions
happen as a consequence to the established structures. Those structures were once created to
support exploitation and the concentration of power. They were never profoundly changed. Todays
effects have specific causes.

Social Business Development structures focus on social integration, productivity and the distribution
of wealth permitting a self-sustained process of continuous learning and personal growth.
They so increase the overall potential for production and for productivity.

The sustainable world’s measure of success will be based upon the fulfillment of one’s individual
pursuits and happiness, rather than the acquisition of wealth, property, and power.

Vital Villages implement human scale solutions for global change,

for all to grasp, feel and understand what the change is about.
Vi t al Vi l l a ge fo r y o u !
Vital Villages are designed to learn and practice these rules
in a humane context, in a sound natural environment.

1. Investing in people’s development

2. Sustaining healthy energy and food supplies

3. Creating an intelligent resource management

4. Developing Social Business Strategies

Vital Villages are designed to become flourishing economies based on

these 4 rules, run by Vital Villagers. You may become one of them!
 Vi t al Vi l l a ge fo r y o u!
1. You can join us buying beautiful Vital Village forest land
in Yucatán, México at a total cost of 5‘500€ per hectare.

This will be your land, to construct your future living space,

invite others to live with you, to farm your own food, …

Being a Vital Villager you will participate in the decision making

about the economy and the resource management of the Vital Village
community of craftspeople, teachers, farmers and workers sharing
sustainable options for life, work and design.

Every hectare financed or bought by a Vital Village investor

will create permanent work opportunities for at least 2 local families
 Vit al Vi l l a ge fo r y o u !

2. you may ask Trees for People S.A., the Vital Village operator, to manage
the land for you and receive 10% of your investment as a yearly revenue.

Trees for People S.A. develops additional 9 hectares along the

sustainable Agro-SilviCulture guidelines established in the Vital Village
concept.

The investment in 240 hectares thus enables the Vital Village to

manage a total area of 2‘400 hectares with beautiful forests, integrated
energy plantings, organic food production, lakes and and tree gardens.
 Vit al Vi l l a ge fo r y o u !
3. Trees for People S.A. builds you a basic Mayan House
and simple eco-bathroom at 3‘000 € total cost.

More elaborate houses are available in either the traditional Mayan or

modern style at a cost between 200 and 400 € per square meter.
A modern 100 square meter flat in the forest or in the village area may
thus total 30 to 40‘000€ according to the details you wish to install.

All architecture will be ecologically sound including local and renewable

energy supplies, natural air conditioning and waste disposal systems.
Vi t a l Vi l l a ge for Clie nts
1. 2‘400 hectares are placed under management to produce from the 1st year onwards.

2. 40% of this land will be permanent forest, 60% agroforestry with 8 main products.

3. All production follows the guidelines for sustainability established in the Vital
Village concept. Within 10 years the yearly quantities produced will stabilize.

year hectares Wood-chips Wood-pellets BioCBokashi Jatropha Timber Bamboo Honey Fruit

2010 200 ha 1.000 tons 4.000 tons 3.000 tons 0 tons 2.000 tons 0 tons 2 tons 200 tons

2011 200 ha 2.000 tons 5.000 tons 5.000 tons 400 tons 3.000 tons 400 tons 5 tons 1.400 tons

2012 250 ha 3.250 tons 7.400 tons 7.750 tons 1.100 tons 4.500 tons 2.000 tons 8 tons 3.450 tons

2013 250 ha 4.500 tons 9.050 tons 10.250 tons 1.900 tons 5.750 tons 3.700 tons 11 tons 5.750 tons

2014 250 ha 5.750 tons 10.800 tons 12.750 tons 2.775 tons 7.000 tons 5.700 tons 15 tons 8.250 tons

2015 250 ha 7.000 tons 12.550 tons 15.250 tons 3.650 tons 8.250 tons 7.700 tons 18 tons 10.750 tons

2016 250 ha 8.250 tons 14.300 tons 17.750 tons 4.525 tons 9.500 tons 9.700 tons 22 tons 13.250 tons

2017 250 ha 9.500 tons 16.050 tons 20.250 tons 5.400 tons 10.750 tons 11.700 tons 25 tons 15.750 tons

2018 250 ha 10.750 tons 16.400 tons 20.750 tons 5.575 tons 11.000 tons 12.100 tons 26 tons 16.250 tons

2019 250 ha 12.000 tons 16.750 tons 21.250 tons 5.750 tons 11.250 tons 12.500 tons 27 tons 16.750 tons

Totals 2.400 ha 64.000 tons 112.300 tons 134.000 tons 31.075 tons 73.000 tons 65.500 tons 159 tons 91.800 tons
Vita l Vi l l a ge i s for Policy Make rs
Vital Village approaches several major issues in global development.

1. The North-South deadlock in Economic Development

The rich will never share their wealth as long as they don’t get what they need.

2. The Global deadlock in Climate Change

Instead of good intentions we need pragmatic approaches to change.

3. The Conti n u i n g Th r e ats o f Fo res t Des tr uctio n

Only the forests’ productivity avoids their destruction.

4. The Eff ects of the Ec on o mi c Cr isis in R ur a l Ar ea s

It’s the moment for rural areas to re-consider partial autonomy.

5. The Nee d f or a tr u l y S u sta i nable Agr i- a nd S ilviCultur e

which needs to become self-reliant and truly productive.
The Pro j e c t B a c k g ro u n d

Tree s fo r Pe o p l e
 Th e S tor y
1. 30 year s a g o M ay an v i l l ages w ere still a live
Bernd Neugebauer learnt and practiced tropical agriculture and
forestry in the Mayan village of Oxkutzcab.

2. 10 year s a g o C h an Ká V e rgel w as cr ea ted

following the example of his master teachers Bernd created the
last and latest Mayan Tree Garden farms called the ‘Little
Village in Paradise’ using the original natural ressources only.

3. No w t h e Vi tal V i l l ag e i s c rea ted

to make the experience accessible to of 1‘000 families.
Key - Expe riences

Training activities for organizational development in agri-culture.

First production scheme for organic Aloe vera world-wide.

Organizations and marketing for Mayan Orange Juice with a movement

of 1‘000 farming families in Yucatán [3‘000 tons per year].

Introduction of organic bee-keeping in Yucatán,

producing up to 80 tons of honey per year.

Establishment of a practical tropical silviculture approach to create

opportunities for thousands to start working on their existing land.
A reas of Res e a rc h & De ve l o p m e n t
1. Aga inst Rain fore s t D e s tru c tion
starti ng wi th a a ser io us r eductio n of po ve rty

2. For a Su s tai n abl e an d O rg anic La nduse

from nat ur a l r e so ur c es o n a lr eady e xisting land

3. Ec ol ogi c all y Sou n d Wate r, Ener gy & F o o d S upplies

bas ed on t r a ditio n a nd mo der n te chnolo gie s

4. For C li m ate an d B i odi v e rs i t y I mpr o vement

throug h a be tt er ma na g ement o f th e bio sphe re
Tree s fo r Pe op le Tra i n i n gs i n 2 6 c o u n t r i e s

1. 7 ye a rs de di cat ed t o t e ac hi n g ec ol og i c a l
org an iza t io na l de ve lopm ent tec hn i ques a nd stra teg i es

2. The wo rldw id e o rgan iz a tio n of O rg a ni c Ag ri - c ul ture

was d e si g n ed a n d su p p ort ed in I FOA M I nternational
Fed e ra t io n of O r ga n ic A gri culture Mo v ements

3. The F ore s t S t e w ardsh ip Co unc i l Certi fi c a ti o n Sc heme

was set -u p i n Ger m a n y a nd s tro ngly s upported
i nte rn a ti o n al l y

4. M et ho d olo gi e s for R u ra l T ra i nin g & Dev el o p ment

ta u gh t th r o u gh b o o ks a nd tra in in g c ours es .
20 Ye a rs o f Pe rs o n a l E x per ience in Development
D r. Be rn d N eu ge b a u e r
1. P a s s e d 5 y ea r s i n a M a y a n A g r i - C u lt ure a p p re nt ice s hip . M any pe o pl e i n
t he g o v e r n m en t w e re s eri o u s l y i n t e re s te d , b ut unabl e t o chang e anyt hi ng .

2. I n s tr uc te d h u n dr ed s i n g o o d o r g a n i c a gr icult u re a nd f ore s t ry.

O n l y t o l e a r n th at t h e c o n d i t i o n s , o r cal l it th e f inanci al and cul t ural
s y s t e m, n e v er v al ue d t h e i r p ro gre s s .

3. L e a r n t th a t w e n e ed a l l e m b a r k i n g int e g ra l app roache s t o d e ve lop m e nt .

T he i n n e r pe rs o n , t h e s o c i a l gro u p , t he cul tu ral v al ue s ys t e m and t he
i n s t it u ti o n a l f ram e al l n e e d t o r e - ad a pt wi th ch ang e t o mak e i t wo rk .

4. A l w a y s b e l i ev ed t h a t e f f e c t i v e d e v e lo pme nt work w ould f inance it s e lf .

T ry i n g to i m p l em en t t h i s ap p ro a c h a l l on my o wn I fai l e d, ne g l e ct i ng t he
b u s in e s s s i d e o f m y w o r k i n f a v o r o f th e s o cia l and ecological engagement.
A ny re al d ev e l o p m en t n ee d s t o b u i l d on t he te amwo rk o f pe o pl e
r e p r e s e n t i ng t h e m aj o r c a p ac i t i es n e ce s s aril y i nv o l v e d - t he v i l l ag e .
C h an Ká Vergel • B e s o m e o n e , b u t n e ve r fo rge t w h o y o u a re !
Vit al Vi l l a ge C o n c e p t
Yu c a t á n
The Vi tal Village Act ivities

Land acquisition, irrigation and roads construction

Partial land clearing for wood chip and BioChar Bokashi production

SilviCulture, honey, timber, food, oil, medicinal herb production

work for one family per every 5 hectares

based on all these a local economy will be stimulated to provide housing,

schooling and cultural development for over 500 families while, at the
same time, creating and preserving a pristine natural environment.
XIN A Vit a l Vi l l a ge O rga n is m
!

Ren e wa b l e Heal th y
E nerg y Fo od

Lea rn ing Prod uc ti on

Pers o n a l Tra nsformation

Vital Villages Con c e p t

Vital Villages are built by working people

to produce, to create wealth, and to learn
how to use these capacities best.

Vital Villages integrate food & energy production

with true socio-cultural development.
 Vi tal Villages Pro d u c t i o n

Vital Villages produce what their people

need and make good use of the existing
resources to se l l wh at o ther s need.

Vital Villages are run as social businesses

for economic success - and they avoid losing
their wealth to others.
Vital Vi l lages Eco lo gi cal Promises

Vital Villages thrive on Agro-forest

permaculture production systems
integrating traditional knowledge

Vital Villages shall have a positive eco-balance

to improve the water quantities and qualities
available and create positive emissions.
 Vi ta l Vi l l a ge Organisation

Supervision

Schools & 
General  Design
Training
Director
Chan Ká  Internat’l 
Vergel Village  Members’  Relations
Developm’t Relations
Communication Sales & 
Product  Logistics
Developm’t Finances 
Security
& Admin’tn
Water  Forest & 
Managem’t Landscapes
Energy 
Agro‐Forestry
Managem’t Crafts & 
Infrastructure Workshops Food markets
Biomass Machines
BioChar  Roads & 
Production Timber Buildings
Bokashi
Timber Yard
Production
Pellet 
Production
 People i n th e Vit al Village

1. Mayans • the Maya civilization developed a vast cultural region in south-east

Mexico and northern Central America. Their descendants in Yucatán constitute 80%
of the rural population. Vital Villages refer to their wisdom and practical
experience.

2. Mexican Nature Enthusiasts • there are plenty of people willing to change

from the big cities to a natural environment, adding additional capabilities.

3. Foreigners in search of living true sustainability • many move to México, buy land
and houses, but hardly ever find a way to integrate their skills and capacities.

4. All sincerely interested in a sustainable and truly ecological living will find a place •
fine selection, good organization and slow growth will provide a platform for them.
Vi t al Vi l l a ge Te a m

1. Let different worlds meet

An impoverished earth-bound culture that was once great
meets well trained and curious people from the rich countries.

2. Learn and gain confidence

The expe r i m e n t h a s n e v e r h a p p e n e d b e f o r e. We have seen all its elements
wor k , thou gh ! W e k n o w i t ’ s p o s s i b l e . V i t a l Vi llage inv ites people to get
inv olv ed, learn an d g a i n c o nf i d e nce s t e p b y step. Join the team !

3. Co n trib u t e yo u r per s o na l s t r e ng t hs
We want y ou t o parti c i p a t e a s a p e r s o n , wi th your know ledge, your
stre ngth s an d y ou r w e a kn e s s e s . T o g e t h e r we w ill be str ong, effectiv e,
succe ss f u l an d …  it’s all about joining in responsibility !

4. B e ready t o l ive an d b e w e l l !
Vit al Vil la ge is ab ou t t r ul y cr e a t i ng o ur o wn l iv es .
Activ ities in Detail
Land acquisition: There are presently some 2‘400 has available of which 342 have already been acquired..

Irrigation and water supply are crucial to the success of the project. Wells will be drilled 20 meters deep.

Roads are constructed with little machinery and much handwork, based on 10 years experience.

Land clearing is considered a raw-material production process - instead of the usual land-clearing with
bulldozers and fire which destroys or disrupts the vegetation and soil structure.

Wood-chip production is done with mobile equipment and pellets are made on a central storage place.

BioChar Bokashi production is done with all the biomass produced, dried, pelleted and then sold in 20 kilo
paper bags. The carbon efficiency is 80%. 20% will be used on the Vital Village land itself.

Tree garden Agriculture and Silviculture will stepwise become the Vital Village’s long-term activities

Honey production and processing will accompany all production to guarantee pollination and additional
income. A beekeepers organizations has already been established for this purpose.
Vital Vi l lage Silvic ultu re
The village grounds are filled with beautiful forest

silviculture will be introduced to improve, utilize and

diversify

producing more, better, more sustainable growth

as a new practice to Yucatán, based on old Mayan principles,

overcoming some of the international forestry dogmata

the village will thrive on timber value and technologies

Vital Vill age t ree g ardens

a Mayan heritage for sustainable tropical land-use,

optimized water and temperature balance

ecologically sound high end production for the near-by

carribean markets, and certainly for the village itself

creating an ever better sustainable growth environment for

agri-crops and for new forests alike, tree gardens are very
adaptive systems
Vital Villa ge Companies

Vital Village Network •

Vital Village promotion

Products for People GmbH •

consultancies for product chain development and for product sales in Europe

Productos Ecológicos del Vergel SPR de RL de CV •

Chan Ká Vergel organic school, farm and beekeeping in Yucatán

Trees for People SA de CV •

land ownership, woodchips, wood pellets, timber, house construction, furniture

Vital Plant S.A. de C.V. •

production and commercialization of microorganisms, plant and soil activators.
Vital Villa ge Techno logies

BioChar Bokashi • a fermented soil activator to boost production and build rich soils

Microorganisms • applied for a balance environment and production

Vital Plant • an activator stimulating resistance and growth

Food is Medicine • high quality production permitting the elaboration of food

supplements, superfoods and herbal medicines

Product Cascading • an approach focussing on a full use and re-use of the existing

Crafts • old and new people’s technologies are combined with modern options to
produce ecologically sound construction and energy installations.
VITA L VILLAGE Par t ners
d e t a i l s u p o n r e q u e s t

Natural Forest Silviculture

Bamboo Silviculture

Energy Farming

Plant Activation for natural productivity

XINA Product Development

Organic Food & Drink Processing

Mayor Vital Village Products

Timber chips and pellets

BioCharBokashi, an organic soil activator

Jatropha oil, a biofuel

Native trees and timber

Bamboo

Organic Fruit and any agriculture products

Organic Tropical Forest Honey

Product s i n more Detail
1. Timber chips and pellets made are produced and sold as biofuels under long-term contract. The first year’s productions
stems from machine clearing the planting areas. Any further production is from sustainably managed growth.

2. BioCharBokashi is an organic soil activator produced from lesser land clearing debris. It will begin replacing chemical
fertilizers world wide. An international conference of Agriculture Ministers pronounced this change as urgent and need
in Janaury 2010

3. Jatropha is planted on some 50% of the surface, the sustainable organic production per full hectare averages 5.5 tons.
Some 10 to 12% of the production is consumed locally through local fuel-stations at local fuel market prices.

4. Native tree species are managed on the remaining forest sites and slowly upgraded by silviculture measures. After some
10 years the Vital Village land will have a well balanced distribution of forests, permaculture and agriculture units.

5. Bamboo is placed on some 10% of the surface under long-term contract.

6. Fruit trees are placed on specifically suited sites. Their production is sold to a growing regional market 150 kms away.

7. Some 1‘250 Beehives are installed, producing some 45 kgs organic honey per year each for the European market.
Pre se n t X I N A Pro du cts for Sale
Body Home Yucatec Rainforest Maya XINA
Care & Fruit Honey Cacao Tea
Products Garden & Spices Variations & Sweets Specials
Aloe Effective XINA Rainforest Raw Aloe vera
Noni Micro- Orange Juice Honey Cacao Whole Leaf
Elixir organisms Concentrate Variations Nibs Tea
Activated Vital Plant XINA Dry Roasted Cacao
Salt Skin Gowth Orange Honey Cacao Peel
Care Activator Peel Crunch Beans Tea
Aloe Terra Preta Ginger & Fine Cacao Neem
vera Soil Curcuma Honey Coffee Tree
Leaves Activator based Spices Sherry Beans Tea
Skin Lobché Limonate Cacao XINA Tropical
Activating Garden Whole Lemon Flavoured all organic Holler
Aloe Balm Tool Spread Honey Sugar Tea
Smoothening Neem Black Rainforest XINA Tree Garden
Propolis Insect Dry Honey Stevia Hibiscus
Cream Spray Lemons Combs Sweetener Tea
Social B usiness

Vital Village is efficiently run like a company.

It’s profits shall not be extracted but shared between

the investors (partial land-owners) and

the Vital Village

to be re-invested into further Vital Village projects.

Social B usiness
Villages need businesses. Businesses have proven to be the best

approch to the organisation of complex issues.

A Sustainable Village Development thus relies on Entrepreneurship,

people’s interest, self esteem and initiative.

This involves a paradigm shift. Cultural fusion helps guiding the

leadership development. A different kind of Schooling is essential.

 Met h od ic al Pr i o r i t i e s

Effectiveness

Secured provision of Raw Materials

1
Nature Protection (sustainability)

Transcendent Branding
2 Social Business Structure

Sustained Production factors (soil, water, energy)

3 Social Business Values Development

 Basic Social Business Rules

1. Success in itself is not the central objective, yet it is basic for development,
Vital Villages balance their Social, Ecological and Economic Realms.
Co-investments are made to participate, not to optimize shareholder value.

2. Vital Villages implement fully organic schemes for water, energy, forests and foods.
Autonomy and independance are more highly valued than the market perspectives.

3. Technology- and product development are emphazised for constant improvement

achieving optimized product value chains and quality assurance.
PGS Ce r ti ficat ion
The transparency of quality and origin of products is guaranteed
through participative certification processes of quality, carbon balance
and social effects.

Participatory Group Supervision will be introduced as an alternative

approach to organic certification supported by IFOAM International
Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements and will provide
transparency of any production and its quality to the customers.

The approach was introduced by XINA in 1996. Spearheading a new era

in organic quality guarantees found full support by XINA’s customers.
Vital Vi l lage Money

The local Vital Village economy will be designed to assure that

internal expenditures are more highly valued than external
spending. Generated income is to stay in the community and
create jobs.

Concepts being discussed and elaborated include ”Local Money“

and ”Unconditional Basic Income“
Schools & Train ing
1. Schools and training, learning and reflection of one’s experiences
play an imminent role in the Vital Village.
School and training curricula are developed within the community

2. Praxis overrules theory, respect overrules knowledge and

dignity overrules success.

3. Community members, ‘Foreigners’ and Mayans,

will work and learn together
about each other and from each other

4. Entrepreneurship being the main topic and design to be

introduced as a key responsibility.
Co ntent of S ch oo ls & Training
1. Mayan silviculture

2. Wood crafts

3. Forest architecture

4. Textiles

5. Bamboo

6. Organic Foods Processing

7. Product Development

8. Renewable Energy

9. Personal Empaowerment

10. the Water School

11. the Village School

12. Bee-keeping

13. Black forest, Rhön, Yucatán

XINA Fore st Games
Games will be introduced to relate people to their work tool,
improve skills, relax and allow for a friendly competition
between pals living in the forest.

1. A rch ing

2. A xe th rowin g

3. Kn ife t hrow ing

4. Aw are ne ss s kills
Vital Vi l l a ge Fi na n c i n g
Costs & Fi nancing
year starting in 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Hectares 200 ha 200 ha 250 ha 250 ha 250 ha 250 ha 250 ha 250 ha 250 ha 250 ha
Running total hectares 200 ha 400 ha 650 ha 900 ha 1.150 ha 1.400 ha 1.650 ha 1.900 ha 2.150 ha 2.400 ha
up front investment -1.092.165 € -426.631 € -426.631 € -533.289 € -533.289 € -533.289 € -533.289 € -533.289 € -533.289 € -533.289 € -533.289 €
Fuels and grl. Opt’l costs -40.000 € -40.000 € -50.000 € -448.500 € -50.000 € -50.000 € -50.000 € -448.500 € -100.000 € -100.000 €
Personnell: Management -141.414 € -202.020 € -252.525 € -252.525 € -252.525 € -277.778 € -305.555 € -336.111 € -369.722 € -406.694 €
Personnell: Field & Landscape -90.579 € -181.157 € -294.381 € -407.604 € -572.910 € -697.456 € -822.002 € -946.547 € -1.071.093 € -1.195.639 €
Village construction -56.389 € -100.000 € -375.000 € -750.000 € -937.500 € -1.171.875 € -1.464.844 € -1.831.055 € -2.288.818 € -2.861.023 €
Vehicles -14.350 € -36.667 € -36.667 € -45.833 € -55.000 € -66.000 € -79.200 € -95.040 € -114.048 € -136.858 € -164.229 €
Income from 1 year old 337.954 € 3.379.538 € 3.379.538 € 3.816.818 € 4.224.422 € 4.224.422 € 4.224.422 € 4.224.422 € 4.224.422 € 3.886.468 €
Income from 2 year old 0€ 0€ 425.520 € 425.520 € 531.900 € 531.900 € 531.900 € 531.900 € 531.900 € 531.900 €
Income from 3-6 year old 0€ 0€ 0€ 524.788 € 1.049.575 € 1.705.560 € 2.361.345 € 3.017.130 € 3.672.864 € 4.328.599 €
Income from 6+ year old 0€ 0€ 0€ 0€ 0€ 0€ 455.233 € 910.466 € 1.479.508 € 2.048.549 €
Overhead 12% -27.839 € -45.981 € -65.629 € -79.216 € -99.052 € -117.028 € -135.307 € -153.919 € -172.898 € -192.280 €
Founder’s pre-Investment -135.000 € -75.000 € -75.000 € -75.000 € 0€ 0€ 0€ 0€ 0€ 0€ 0€
Technical consultancies -20.000 € -30.000 € -45.000 € -67.500 € -101.250 € -151.875 € -227.813 € -341.719 € -512.578 € -768.867 €
Legal consultancies -30.000 € -50.000 € -55.000 € -60.500 € -66.550 € -73.205 € -80.526 € -88.578 € -97.436 € -107.179 €
Schools, Research & Training -10.000 € -30.000 € -150.000 € -300.000 € -450.000 € -675.000 € -1.012.500 € -1.518.750 € -2.278.125 € -2.733.750 €
Risks & cash reserve -65.000 € -100.000 € -150.000 € -225.000 € -337.500 € -506.250 € -759.375 € -1.139.063 € -1.708.594 € -2.562.891 €
Vital Villagers Investments 5.500 € 1.100.000 € 220.000 €

Net return per year -1.241.515 € 418.435 € 2.282.081 € 1.713.401 € 1.587.992 € 2.339.321 € 2.128.927 € 2.086.650 € 1.232.340 € 639.284 € -830.325 €
Workers’ utility 10-20% 25% 0€ 0€ 0€ -396.998 € -584.830 € -532.232 € -521.663 € -308.085 € -159.821 € 207.581 €
Taxes 20% 0€ 0€ -342.680 € -317.598 € -467.864 € -425.785 € -417.330 € -246.468 € -127.857 € 166.065 €
Interest & Dividends 10% -62.076 € -137.420 € -110.000 € -110.000 € -110.000 € -110.000 € -110.000 € -110.000 € -110.000 € -110.000 €
Running total -1.241.515 € -885.155,75 € 1.259.505,13 €2.520.225,84 €4.077.617,44 €6.423.904,47 €8.549.277,46 €10.630.260,45 €
11.814.217,13 €
12.375.464,82 €
11.393.623,79 €

With 200 village lots sold in 2010 and 40 more in 2011 the further financing needs are 885‘156€ for just one
year. Based on fixed contracts with our raw material customers these will be absorbed by a bank. We wish GLS
bank to create a financing fund and manage both the Vital Villagers’ investments and the credit line.
Contact

Dr. Bernd Neugebauer

Productos Ecológicos del Vergel  SPR de RL de CV

Chan Ká Vergel
Comisaria Emiliano Zapata, carretera Xul km 12
97880 Oxkutzcab, Yucatán, México

Cel  +52 1 9992 600 536

b.neugebauer@xina.de
skype: Bernardo_DelMonte