Inbound services for co-ops in the Pacific: solar led lights

FMS is one of the founding partners of the Pacific Growers Export Partnership. A joint initiative of teamleaders in 5 Pacific Islands; PNG, Bougainville, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Fiji. These teamleaders are the liason between the farmers and the traders and organize the trade locally. Major trading partner in this set up is African Pacific, a Sydney based company with a very innovative trade orientation.

First challenge was to organize trade out of the Islands but last year we started the first inbound services as well; a pilot was set up with the company Barefoot to introduce solar fed led lights into the islands. About 1000 led lights were sold in no time. Prices of the lights were about two months of kerosine costs and with a two year life expectancy the lights were sold in no time.

By doing this people safe money, their environment becomes less polluted and the system is much safer!

This year a new trade is being started to get more lights to the Islands! It learns that a co-op structure can be used for various ways!