KOPERNIKANNUAL REPORT

2012
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Kopernik has reached

90,000peoplewith life-changing technology.

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Total progress through 2012

62

PROJECTSFUNDED

12

COUNTRIES42

LOCAL PARTNERS

17,500TECHNOLOGYUNITS DISTRIBUTEDKOPERNIK 2012 ANNUAL REPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3

TECHNOLOGIES IN 2012

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TECHnologies DISTRIBUTED6

NEW TECHnologies distributed

EXPANDED
D.LIGHT RANGE
d.light S250
d.light S10d.light S1 NEW

EXPANDED
NAZAVA RANGE
Nazava Bening Small NEW
Nazava Bening One
Nazava Bening Two NEW
Nazava Bening XL NEW

EXPANDEDCOOKSTOVE RANGE
UB.03-1 Biomass Stove
Greenway Smart Stove NEW

Q DrumMaternova Obstetric Kit
Tulip Water Filter NEW
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TECHNOLOGIES IN 2012

We made finding the right technologies easier.

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NEW

TECHNOLOGIESIN OUR ONLINE TECHNOLOGYMARKETPLACE AT KOPERNIK.INFOTECH CATALOGUEMAKING IT EASIER FOR LOCALPARTNERS TO CHOOSE FROM OUR
RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES

NEW

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TECH SHOWROOMOPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AT THE KOPERNIK OFFICEIN UBUD, BALI, INDONESIAK-LAB WEEKLY UPDATESPROFILING NEW AND EMERGINGTECHNOLOGIESKOPERNIK 2012 ANNUAL REPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

TECHNOLOGIES IN 2012

2,181

SOLAR LIGHTS

our solar
projects SAVED
Families a combined total of
US$127,370 on
kerosene in 2012.

one solar lightsaves a family
US$58.40 a year
on kerosene.¹
we invested US$50,000 in solar
lighting projects in 2012.

OUR SOLAR
LIGHT PROJECTSREDUCED CO2
EMISSIONS BY 438
TONS IN 2012 &4,412 TONS TO DATE.

ONE SOLAR LIGHT
REDUCES CO2EMISSIONS BY 0.2
TONS PER YEAR.²

1,234
WATER FILTERSONE FUEL EFFICIENTCOOKSTOVESAVES 260 HOURSCOLLECTING FIREWOOD PER YEAR.³

765

COOKSTOVES

142 Q DRUMS100
OBSTETRICS KITS

ONE FUEL EFFICIENTCOOKSTOVEREDUCES CO2EMISSIONS BY 1-2
METRIC TONS PER
YEAR.⁴OUR COOKSTOVEPROJECTS REDUCED CO2 EMISSIONS BY 1,170
METRIC TONS IN
2012 & 7,893 METRICTONS TO DATE.

¹ Green innovation indonesia² KOPEME GROUP³ PARADIGM PROJECT
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TECHNOLOGY DISTRIBUTION
We reached the last mile in more ways than ever.

TECH FAIRSWe held tech fairs in seven places in Indonesia, introducing new technologies and collecting feedback to work out
which technologies are most in demand.

TECH AGENTS
We expanded our Tech Agent program in Indonesia, supporting women to sell tech products in their local communities and earn commission on each sale.

TARGETED PRICING
We worked with our local partners to set prices for our technologies, making them affordable for the people who needthem the most. The money raised from selling the technologies is reinvested in further technology projects.

TARGETED DISTRIBUTION
We worked with our local partners to find appropriate ways
to distribute technologies, such as by a lottery system when
demand exceeds supply. No two communities where wework are the same, and each requires a different approach.

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TECHNOLOGY DISTRIBUTION
BOJONEGORO class 0f 2012I

t’s graduation day in Bojonegoro, but there’s nota mortarboard hat in sight. Instead, the 18 graduates are wearing brightly-coloured headscarves
and big smiles.
Many of the women never had the opportunity tofinish high school, but today they are graduatingfrom a women’s entrepreneurship program run
by Kopernik and Farabi, our local partner in Bojonegoro, East Java.

Our technology agents have already sold affordable water filters to more than 20 villages in Bojonegoro – greatly expanding access to safe, clean
drinking water in the area. A total of 655 water
filters have been sold in Bojonegoro to date.

The funds to make the water filters available to
the women came from reinvesting the moneyfrom product sales in an earlier phase of KoperBojonegoro
The women have formed a business coop- nik’s
project.
Our Class of 2012
erative to sell life-changing technology – thehas completed a six
Moving forward, themonth program to first cooperative of its kind in the region.
women have formed
becomeindepena business cooperadent technology agents. They have gained new tive to sell life-changing technology – the first coskills in sales, marketing and basic accounting, operative of its kind in the region. Demonstrating
and the knowledge to maintain and repair tech- their independence as technology agents, they
nology products.
are now ordering water filters directly from the
The program featured training workshops, month- manufacturer rather than through Kopernik.
ly feedback on demonstration skills and productknowledge, and presentations from guest speakers such as Eryul Mufidah, founder of the Association of Indonesian Women Cooperatives (IWAPI).
Through the program the women receive products on consignment, sell them in their communities and earn commission without taking on riskor debt, increasing their income to support themselves and their families.

Kopernik is proud to support these women togain the skills and confidence and to become
independent technology agents. Based on the
success of this program, we have expanded this
distribution model to other places in Indonesia.
Special thanks to Exxon Mobil for supporting Kopernik’s work in Bojonegoro.

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WHERE WE WORKED
we implemented projects in six countries in asia & africa.
IndIA
madhya pradesh, Maharashtra
Population living on less than $2 a day: 68.72%
INFANT MORTALITY RATE: 52.91 DEATHs/1,000 BIRTHSPOPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY: 36.7%

Indonesia
BALI, East java, EAST NUSA TENGGARA, WEST NUSA TENGGARA
Population living on less than $2 a day: 46.12%
INFANT MORTALITY RATE: 28.84 DEATHs/1,000 BIRTHSPOPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY: 35.5%

Kenya
western province
Population living on less than $2 a day: 67.21%
INFANT MORTALITY RATE: 64.72 DEATHs/1,000 BIRTHSPOPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY: 83.9%

Nigeria
AKWA IBOM STate
Population living on less than $2 a day: 84.49%
INFANT MORTALITY RATE: 96.14 DEATHs/1,000 BIRTHSPOPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY: 49.4%

The Philippinesoriental mindoro
Population living on less than $2 a day: 41.53%
INFANT MORTALITY RATE: 22.97 DEATHs/1,000 BIRTHSPOPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY: 10.3%

Timor-Leste
Atauro, oecusse, dili
Population living on less than $2 a day: 72.82%
INFANT MORTALITY RATE: 66.81 DEATHs/1,000 BIRTHSPOPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY: 78%
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OUR LOCAL PARTNERS

we started working with new local partners.
Community Membersof Siberut Tengah
Indonesia

east bali poverty
projectindonesia

Gelacio I. Yason Foundation Family Farm
SchoolThe Philippines

GREEN TL
TIMOR-LESTE

haritika
india

move forward
TIMOR-LESTE

rural communesindia

topa haliel savingsand loans groupindonesia

tropical research &conservation centre
nigeria

we expanded our work with trusted partners.
action for childdevelopment trustkenya
2 projects to datebairo pite clinic
timor-leste
2 projects to datefarabiindonesia
2 projects to datefriends of the nationalparks foundationindonesia
2 projects to datefundasaun esperansa
enklave oecusse
timor-leste
8 projects to datepekka
indonesia
5 projects to dateroman luantimor-leste
3 projects to dateyaya education trustkenya
3 projects to date

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SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL PARTNERS

powering forward with pekkaWe powered into the second year of ourpartnership with PEKKA (Women Headed Household Empowerment Program)in 2012. We continued to work together in West
Nusa Tenggara and expanded into East Nusa
Tenggara, reaching two of the poorest provincesof Indonesia with life-changing technology.

four months to train the women on how to use,maintain and repair their new technologies. Imanta also conducted ‘training of trainer’ sessions forselected PEKKA leaders, who developed the skills
to train other women. More than 1,200 womenparticipated in the training, gaining the skills andconfidence to use their newly-purchased technologies.

Working in the remote district of East Flores
brought new challenges, such as negotiating com- Imanta says that the challenges of reachingplicated shipping logistics
28 remote villages infor the delivery of 1,200 “I never imagined that cooking could be East Flores were outtechnology products to so easy and efficient with fuels that are weighed by the rewards
seven sub-districts.
available around me. I love this cook of seeing how the newtechnologies are being
The solar lights, water filstove.”embraced by the womters and clean cook stovesen.
are made available at a subsidized rate to PEKKA members, women who are household-heads, “After delivering a training on the UB.03-1 Biomass
largely widows and women who are separated Stove recently, Agnes Rawa Dore, a 54 year old
from their husbands.
lady from Demon Pagong, came up to me andsaid, ‘I never imagined that cooking could be so
Payments can be made in instalments, to makeeasy and efficient with fuels that are available
the technologies accessible to the people whoaround me. I love this cook stove’. This kind of tesneed them the most. The technology products aretimony makes me smile at the end of a training.”
being distributed through the technology agent
distribution model.
To date we have distributed 2,200 clean cookstoves, water filters and solar lights through our
To strengthen the partnership we placed a Field
partnership with PEKKA, making safe water, cookOfficer, Imanta Kasih Sembiring, in East Flores foring and light available to more than 10,000 people.
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MEASURING IMPACT
we studied how our technologies are being used.
Kopernik fellows
Kopernik Fellows supported our local partners to develop
technology distribution plans, and to conduct baseline surveys, follow-up surveys and rapid impact assessments. Theirwork helped us to improve data collection on technology
impact. They also shared impact stories from the last mile on
our Kopernik in Action blog.

IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
In 2012 we published impact reports on:
D.LIGHT S10 & S250 solar lights | The Philippines
D.LIGHT s250 solar lights | Timor-Leste
DRIPTECH IRRIGATION SYSTEM | India
GREENWAY SMART STOVES | India
UB.03-1 BIOMASS STOVES | Indonesia
NAZAVA WATER FILTERS | Indonesia
We also published feedback from our local partners.
academic partnerships
Kopernik continued its partnership with Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). A teamof six SIPA students conducted an impact assessment of theAgents of Technology, Agents of Change project in West
Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, identifying ways to improve the
distribution model and collecting valuable feedback on the
durability of the UB.03-1 Biomass Stoves.

frontlineSMS
We used FrontlineSMS, a text messaging software system,
to collect feedback from clean cookstove technology users
in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. We received a response
rate of 50 percent, with the majority of respondents rating
the performance of their cookstove as good or very good.
We plan to expand our use of FrontlineSMS to collect feedback, and also to share tips about maintaining technologies.
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MEASURING IMPACTa small sample of our impact assessments in 2012
Driptech Irrigation System | India (2011)
After installing the Driptech system, farmers reported an average increase in household savings of US$40, from increased crop yield generating increased income.
This is a significant amount of savings given the average income per household is
US$340 per annum.

Household savings from using Driptech
3<$20$20-$39$40-$59$60-794$ = USDn = 3717

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D.LIGHT SOLAR LIGHTS | THE PHILIPPINES
After purchasing a d.light solar light, off-grid households reduced their spending on
kerosene by more than 50%, and on other lighting sources by even more.

Household spending on lighting sources
200

100

200

before d.lightafter d.light

98
74.5
30
kerosenecandles30

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1 USD = 40 PHP
N=25

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WHO WE HELPEDa small sample of the people we reached in 2012
ROSE NICADEMUS | THE PHILIPPINES
D.LIGHT S250
“I purchased the d.light S250 to help care for my mother. The lighthas helped my family immensely. My mother can use the light atnight to help her find things in the dark and if she needs any assistance, I can use the d.light. Before, we had to use kerosene lightwhich was very unpleasant”.

IBU NUR | INDONESIA
UB.03-1 BIOMASS STOVE“This stove helps me save money. I no longer have to buy kerosene, which is hard to come by in this area. It’s much easier here tolook for wood or buy it. With a traditional stove, one store-bought
bundle of wood would last me only about three days. But with thisnew stove, I can go for a week without having to buy more wood.”

NIRMALA ANANT JADHAV | INDIA
GREENWAY SMART STOVE
Nirmala has six family members and used to cook food on the traditional chulha, which required 8-10kg of firewood daily. She is happy
with the stove and uses almost 50 percent less firewood. She likes
how she can carry the stove anywhere. In the past, during paddy
harvesting and threshing, her family stayed in the farm and cooked
food by using stones with the chulha. This season, they can carry
the Greenway stove to the farm and cook foood more easily.
MANUEL CABEÇAS | TIMOR-LESTE
D.LIGHT S250
“Before using the d.light S250 my family used kerosene lamps athome, my children could not study at night. But after I bought thed.light, my children can study at night and now my son Gidion Natan
Cabeças got second rank at school. In addition, we have also beenable to save money by not having to buy kerosene and candles.”

BRENDA AKINYI | KENYAQ DRUM“I used to miss class in order to fetch water but now my school attendance is regular. Before I started using the Q Drum, I could feel
physical pain all-over my body, sometimes, with severe headacheand backache, but now all is gone. I am very grateful for all those
who made this Q Drum available here. It has significantly changed
my life”.
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LAST MILE CONSULTINGWe launched Last Mile Consulting in 2012
to diversify our sources of funding andsupport other organisations wanting todevelop or distribute innovative technologies toreduce poverty.

Last Mile Consulting helps clients to test technologies and collect feedback, build channels fortechnology distribution, design projects, develop
policy and strategy, and broker partnerships.

Last Mile Consulting offers guidance in the areasof energy and environment, water and sanitation,
health, education, agriculture, information andcommunication technology (ICT) and mobile technology.

learn at school is incredibly important.

In the second half of 2012 Last Mile Consulting
Our consulting arm draws on Kopernik’s expe- worked with Benesse Corporation, the largest
rience in technology for development to offer educational company in Japan, to introduce eduservices to corporations,
cational toys to schools infoundations and aid agen- “We hope to engage more players to Bali.
cies. The revenue from design and produce appropriate tech- Education retention is a
Last Mile Consulting funds nologies that will benefit the poor.”
major challenge in IndoKopernik’s work making
nesia, where almost half ofsimple technologies available to people in the last the labour force did not continue studying beyond
mile.
elementary school. Sparking a child’s passion to

Led by Kopernik co-founder and CEO Toshi Nakamura, the consulting team consists of experienced business professionals, engineers and development practitioners from countries including
Australia, Japan and Indonesia. Nakamura says,“through this service, we hope to engage more
players to design and produce appropriate technologies that will benefit the poor.”

During classroom visits in December we introduced two educational toys as teaching aids, developing a teaching flow based on local curriculum to incorporate the toys into regular lessons.
More than 80 students took part in the classroom
activities. Using the educational toys seemed tohelp them understand the lesson better and triggered their enthusiasm to learn more.
Last Mile Consulting services have helped Benesse Corporation to assess the viability of educational toys in the Indonesian market.

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IN THE NEWSwe were honoured to receive awards & recognition.
Kopernik Co-Founder Ewa Wojkowska
received the Rutgers University Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award
in April 2012.
Kopernik Co-Founder TOSHI NAKAMURA
was selected as a World economic
forum young global leader.

we were featured in PRINT, radio, tV and online media.

we spoke about reaching the last mile at major events.

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PARTNERS
funding partners

academic and research partners

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PARTNERS
pro bono & In kind support

network partners

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TEAM KOPERNIK
the dynamic & talented k-team makes all of this happen.
current teamtriana afinni
sally bolton
tanya bosshard
putu monica christy
alex frans
ni made garsi
ashley grimes
tomohiro hamakawa rara sekar larasati
imanta sembiring
christal setyobudi
lincoln SIHOTANG
deni Sugiarto
hiromi tengeji
ewa wojkowska

werner brandt
amber gregory
toshi nakamura
i ketut suastikasang putu yohanes

other staff in 2012
wayan budiarta
cindy nawilis

dedy haning
andy pradjaputraboma harahap
maria sitorus

madejordi tablada

kopernik fellows
Fita arief
carissa paramita

Jessica kortemanolga permanyer

gordon little
rob weissemily mcqualter
yumiko yamada

other supporters
lusse cloutier
annie o’brienjohn kelleher
laura suRroca

earl kimi Nengah warsa

gabriela leite-soares

vivian diamondlinda gottliebosamu kaneda

sanjay gandhi
asam kilgour
dr richard mammone
taku sugimotonina gidwaney
mari kogiso
richard manninglisa witterscott guggenheim
sir tim lankEster
edward rees
andrea woodhouse

Board of directors
marc blazer
abigail schwartz
advisory board
ruma bose
guy janssen
david madden
nigel snoad

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FUNDING
we Diversified our sources of funding in 2012
We strengthened our partnerships with Core corporate andfoundation donors.

we funded projects THroughindividual donations on our english and japanese websites.

we received monthly donations
from our tipping point donors
who helped to fully fund a wide
range of projects.
we raised money through fundraising events like wine into water,
cooks4cooks, Bar kopernik & theyayasan kopernik opening party.
We launched last mile consulting,with all proceeds going towards
funding kopernik’s projects andoperations.
we received repayments from ourlocal partners for technology
sales, and reinvested these funds
in further projects.
we raised project funds throughtechnology sales from our firstwartek technology store at our
office in ubud, Bali, indonesia.

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FINANCIALSREVENUEearmarked
Individual
Corporations
Foundations & government
TECH SEEKER REPAYMENT
Subtotal
NON earmarked
INDIVIDUALCORPORATIONSFOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENTIN KIND DONATIONSSUBTOTAL
OTHER
consulting
Technology Sales
MISCellaneous
SUBTOTALREVENUE TOTAL

2011

2012

66,939163,63135,00027,316
292,886

72,041
126,503
36,15532,744
267,443

105,673
135,398
40,96137,797
319,829

41,422350,000
1,993
63,350456,765

10,965
22,10484
33,15326,05921,173
1,051
48,283645,868 772,491

EXPENSES
Program
EARMARKED PROJECTS
243,858
COST OF TECHNOLOGY SALES
15,159PROGRAM SUPPORT111,744SUBTOTAL 370,761
PR & FUNDRAISING
60,889Operations support
salaries & related
30,373OFFICE COSTS
22,891
INTERNET, TELEPHONE & POST
8,194
miscellaneous
11,453bank feeS
12,592
legal & accounting
1,288
SUBTOTAL
86,791

EXPENSES TOTAL

227,863
11,779127,384
367,026
74,84636,94820,998
7,635
4,764
5,917
37,290113,552

518,441

555,424

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS 127,427

217,067

All figures in USD. Financial figures for 2011 are based on the audited Financial Statements. Figures for 2012 are preliminary only. The breakdown of costs has been adjusted
to allow for comparison with the previous annual report.
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