Well digger, Hillary Phiri
Hillary is on the right track to inspire many other Zambians to escape poverty. Now he wants to expand his well digging business into manual drilling and pump installation. He is very happy that Jacana guides him in this process.
Expert Henk Holtslag
SMARTech advisor Henk Holtslag is willing to train him in manual borehole drilling and installation of rope pumps.
We stopped adding monitoring data after Januari 2019 for Hillary Phiri but he is still using the skills he learned from Jacana.
November 2018
Hillary and Osward drilled a borehole for a private customer Mr. Kasama. Gideon produced the pump.
Pump for Mr. Kasama
September 2018
Hillary put a pump on an open well for Joyse Mtonga. Gideon produced the pump.
Pump for farmer Joyce Mtonga
May 2018
Joseph Kabwe produced a pump for a private customer: Masiye Women group. The borehole was drilled and a pump was installed by Hillary and and Moses Banda.
pump at Masiye women’s club
March 2018
Hillary and Edward installed the pump on an open well. Joseph produced the pump for Bridget Chilwa.
Pump on open well at Bridget’s house
January 2018
Hillary deepened a well and installed a pump at private customer Brigit Kabwe. Brigit was not sponsored (Self-supply). The pump as made by Joseph.
Pump at Bridgit Kabwe
December 2017
Hillary installed a pump at private customer Neria Nyoni who is from his own village (Feni sub-centre). Joseph Kabwe made the pump. Neria Nyoni paid for the pump and installation, she was not sponsored (Self-supply).
Pump at Neria Nyoni
October 2017
Hillary Phiri, Micheal Soko and Edward Tembo deepened a well and installed a pump at private customer Singi Munalula who fully paid (Self-supply) for the work and the pump (no sponsorship). Welder Gidoen Phiri made the pump.
Pump at Self-supply customer Singi Munalula
The team drilled a borehole at Mr Frank Sakala’s farm which has very sandy soil formation. This took them about six days to drill and install a pump. Mr sakala had fully paid for the borehole and pump, nowhe has a borehole and has expressed gratitude to Jacana for the work done. (Self-supply)
The team drilling at Frank Sakala’s farm
Pump installed at Frank Sakala’s farm
Hillary and his team encountered problems when drilling at Mr Felix Zulu’s farm.The place was quiet rocky, such that they had to move to three places within the same farm. In spite of all efforts to find water, Hillary and his team were not successful until they relocated to another plot belonging to Mr Felix Zulu. At this plot, Hillary and his team successfully drilled a borehole in less than a week, due to the fact that, the water level was shallow. Mr Felix Zulu is happy that he finally has a borehole with plenty of water.
Drilling at Zulu’s farm
Second place of drilling
Pump at Felix
September 2017
Hillary and his team had the community of Lembani for James Mbewe on the show, they managed to drill a borehole in an area where the local authority had once tried with good machinery but failed.This improbable success surprised the community members in that area and added an advantage to the team, they gained recognition, respect and potential customers.
Drilling at James Mbewe
Pump Installed
August 2017
The team drilled a borehole at Uveren’Gapi Jere’s Garden, This is a dumbo area making it easy to find water.The pump is perfectly installed and in full operational.
Hillary drilling at Uveren’Gapi
Pump at Uveren’Gapi
After drilling several boreholes at their premises,the team had gained enough experience to drill boreholes for customers.This time, they had an opportunity to drill at Mr Joshua Tembo, this drilling was a success and a pump has been installed which is producing plenty of water for Mr Joshua.
Drilling at Mr Joshua
Pump Installed
Hillary and his team faced some problems as a group. Jacana proposed to have every week a weekly planning meeting. This is very helpful for the group. Also a bookkeeping system is introduced to Steven and his team. There is no longer confusion about money needed for materials, back up money and salaries. Everybody registers his hours worked and according to that they get paid. Steven showed himself as a great leader of the team.
July 2017
The team drilled a borehole at Simbani Chibwe, which had very hard soil formation and took them a long time. But they succeeded and now the village has a second water point.
Drilling and Pump at Simbani
June 2017
Manual drilling is not always easy. In Mvula farm the team drilled a borehole without finding water. Jacana SMART centre did not apprrove this (water)point. But the team build the approne anyway paying for the costs them selves. The borehole will be tested again after raining season and a ground water recharge system will be installed at that place to infiltrate the rain water as much as possible.
These sadbacks separate the boys from the men ; )
Drilling and dry Pump at Mvula
May 2017
Hillary drilled 4 boreholes and installed rope pumps this month together with his colleagues. One of them was at his own house.
Drilling and Pump Hillary
Drilling and Pump Edward
Drilling and Pump Micheal
Drilling and Pump Hastings
April 2017
Welder Boston and driller Hillary made their first borehole for a fully paying customer.
Boston and Hillary’s 1st Self-supply pump
March 2017
Hillary Participated in the three weeks technical training conducted by Jacana. During the training Hillary was hardworking and paying attention to details. He acquired technical drilling skills in the following technologies.
- Auguring
- Soil punching
- Mzuzu drilling with chisel, open and closed bailers
- Drilling using Jetting
- Drilling by Sledging
- Bapthist drilling (percussion)
- Corbel, open well covering
Hillary is drilling
Hillary attended the business and technical training in March 2018
Hillary in the business training
Manual Drilling service provider, business plan
PROBLEM
|
SOLUTION
|
UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION
|
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
|
CUSTOMER
|
|
KEY METRICS
|
CHANNELS
|
||||
MOST CRITICAL ASSUMPTION
|
|||||
TEST
|
|||||
COST STRUCTURE
|
REVENUE STREAMS
|
||||
Click here to learn how to read a Lean Canvas Business model.
The cell PROBLEM formulates the problems from the customers, problems which the entrepreneur will try to solve.
The cell SOLUTION describes how the entrepreneur tries to solve problems for his/her customers.
This cell UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION describes why the business is different and worth getting attention from the customer. This could be the text for the billboard
The cell COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE shows how the entrepreneur can defend him/herself against competition. What advantage does the entrepreneur has that is hard to copy by the competition?
This cell CUSTOMER describes who the customers of the entrepreneur are.
This cell KEY METRICS indicates how the entrepreneur can measure his/her success.
This cell CHANNELS describes how the entrepreneur builds a path to his/her customers.
In every plan there are assumptions (things the entrepreneur does not know before he/she starts). The cell MOST CRITICAL ASSUMPTION indicates the assumption that is most critical for the success of the plan.
The cell TEST indicates how the entrepreneur will test or has tested the Most Critical Assumption before making the decision to start. The test should be cost efficient. While testing, customers already get to know the new business offer.
This cell COST STRUCTURE lists the operational costs for doing the Test. Besides this the entrepreneur has a full Financial Plan worked out for the operation of his/her business. This Full Financial Plan is often attached to the Canvas model.
This cell REVENUE STREAMS shows how the entrepreneur will price the offer. Besides this the entrepreneur has a full Financial Plan worked out for the operation of his/her business. This Full Financial Plan is often attached to the Canvas model.Jacana will support Hillary in:
- Providing technical Training in manual drilling and pump installation.
- Provision of initial tools and materials for few pumps
- Guidance in book keeping and financial management.
This is part of a bigger project, sponsored by Aqua for All.
