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Joint Public/Private Platform for the National Parrainage Programme

WHY ARE WE HERE

• Budget speech Parrainage project

‘LOVEBRIDGE’ as the platform

“REGIONS” AND “HOUSEHOLDS”

• “Régions défavorisés’ ↑

↑ ↑ ↑ concentration of “Households”

• “Régions défavorisés”:

a) Hardware Infrastructure [roads/electricity/water/sewerage] Sports & Social infrastructure Housing? b) Software Households/Families

LOVEBRIDGE

• SOFTWARE

TARGET HOUSEHOLDS CRITERIA

• A. 6 PILLARS
• Households living in “inhuman” conditions
• 1. Nutritional
• 2. ‘Employability’/Employment [Income]

3. Housing per capita 4. Education:

(a) Access

(b) Household environment 5. Healthcare

• 6. Attitude / self help
• “Vicious circle”
• Unable ‘alone’ = need Help

Per Capita criteria a) Income b) Housing 1 or more basic needs not met

• Interlinked

B.BILAN ON “ABSOLUTE POVERTY” IN MAURITIUS

• ECHEC? IMPROVEMENT TREND??
• 8,000 families

∴ - Historical methods NOT ENOUGH

• Need new weapons/approaches
• Need ‘NATIONAL’ commitment/Synergies

EMPOWERMENT

• A. EMPOWERMENT

‘’Give a man a fish…

• B. 6 PILLARS
• Education
• Health
• Employability/Employment
• Housing
• Nutrition
• The right ‘Attitude’/self help

NB: (1)Target households must ‘aspire’ + ‘be willing’ (2) Empowerment v/s Assistanat

• C. PARTICIPANTS IN THE ‘WAR’ AGAINST POVERTY

1.GOVERNMENT 2.BUSINESS COMMUNITY 3.NGO’s 4.CIVIL SOCIETY

TEAM WORK NEED SYNERGY

• LOVEBRIDGE

PROJET LOVE BRIDGE [ 3 YEARS OLD ]

‘LONG TERM’ COMMITMENT UNTIL EMPOWERMENT MORAL COMMITMENT NO ‘FEU DE PAILLE’ FAMILLE ACCOMPAGNATRICE FAMILLE BENEFICIAIRE SOCIAL WORKER/ LOVEBRIDGE TEAM

LOVE

LA CELLULE

• Cité Brasserie: 25
• EDC: 15

40

Housing NEF Education Etc… GOVT Etc… Civil Society Accompagnateurs

LOVEBRIDGE TEAM/ CELLULE Target Household [Beneficiaries]

LOVEBRIDGE ‘FACILITATES’ BRIDGES BETWEEN GOVT/NGO’s and TARGET HOUSEHOLDS End customer NGO’s Caritas Pils Ti rayon soleil

POURQUOI ‘LOVE BRIDGE’

• A. LOVE

Amour = L’Autre avant Moi Amour = Agir v/s Sentiments

Huge difficulties/challenges ∴ ∴ ∴ ∴ perseverance & commitment L’Intelligence du coeur

• B. BRIDGE

Two-way traffic Nation building between 2 extremes

THE CONCEPT

Cellule 1 Cellule 2 Cellule 3 Cellule 4 Cellule 5 Cellule 8000

A1 S1 B1 A2 S2 B2 A3 S3 B3 A4 S4 B4 A5 S5 B5 A6 S6 B6

A = Accompagnateurs B = Bénéficiaires S = Social Worker

LES FAMILLES BÉNÉFICIAIRES

FAMILLES BENEFICIAIRES

• ‘Target household’ criteria
• Household survey
• Must ‘want to’ be part in Lovebrdige

SOCIAL WORKERS & PROJECT COORDINATOR

• SOCIAL WORKERS [Unqualified]

− Full time / Flexitime − Living in same ‘region’ − ‘Coaching’ & ‘Training’ −

± 1 social worker to 10 cellules

− The ‘bridge’

• PROJECT COORDINATOR [Qualified]

−

± 1 project coordinator to 5 social workers to 50 cellules [per region]

− ‘Link up’ to NGO’s − Responsible for KPI’s − Act as ‘accompagnateur’ if necessary

FAMILLE/PERSONNE ACCOMPAGNATEUR [PARRAINS]

• ‘Long term’
• A real ‘envie’
• Living in ‘proximity’
• Coached
• 51% accountable

Time spent per month ± 2 to 4 hours [per capita] Team work with social workers Need 8000 of them over time

BILAN 3 YEARS

REGIONS

NOMBRE ADULTES VULNERABLES NOMBRE ENFANTS VULNERABLES NOMBRE ACCOMPAGNATEURS

TOTAL 67 108 81

• Education:

Tous les enfants sont scolarisés: −48 enfants bénéficient d’un soutien scolaire −13 enfants transférés dans des écoles adaptées −19 enfants bénéficient d’un soutien psychologique −13 enfants participent à des activités extrascolaires

BILAN 3 YEARS

• Emploi

: 43 adultes ont trouvé un emploi, dont 24 un emploi stable

• Logement

: 26 familles ont pu rénover leur logement/entamer des démarches pour des logements sociaux

• Santé

: 20 bénéficiaires → suivi médical pour maladies chroniques

• Nutrition

: 14 familles sur aide alimentaire

• ‘Accompagnateurs’ ‘‘committed’’ to long term relationship
• 100% beneficiaries satisfised

Tried / Tested / Proven

For ‘NATIONAL PROGRAMME’

• 1. ‘SCALE UP’ from 42 to 000’s cellules
• 2. Plug in Companies
• Voluntary

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF LOVEBRIDGE NATIONAL PROJECT

• ‘SPV’ under ‘JEC/MEF’
• Board members:

− Raj Makoond [Co Chair person]

• Eric Adam

− Harold Mayer [Co Chair person]

• Robert Fernando [Clinical Psychologist]

− Pradeep Dursun [ MEF]

• Jacques D‘Unienville

− Danielle Wong

• 3 other members

− Hector Espitalier Noël

• Ministry of Finance representative [1]

− Anil Currimjee

• Ministry of Finance representative [2]

− Dean Ah Chuen

• ‘CEO’ → report to the Board.
• The ‘seed capital’ → Government funds

• LOVE

FAMILLE ACCOMPAGNATEURS BENEFICIARIES IN REGIONS DEFAVORISES ONG PUBLIC SECTOR PRIVATE COMPANIES LOVEBRIDGE ORGANISATION/ SOCIAL WORKERS

LOGO & TAGLINES

LOVEBRIDGE NATIONAL PROJECT VISION/MISSION/VALUES

VISION

Through Lovebridge, our aim, is to play an active role (alongside Government, NGO’s and Civil society) in the eradication of absolute poverty.

Our vision

is to

help empower & bring autonomy to all willing households caught in the

poverty trap. We have a long term commitment to that vision. Our vision is also to promote ‘nation

building’ by building bridges.

LOVEBRIDGE NATIONAL PROJECT VISION/MISSION/VALUES

MISSION

Our mission is to deliver ‘empowerment’ & ‘autonomy’ to target households through the 6 pillars: Education Employability & Employment [Income] Food Health Housing Positive attitude towards ‘empowerment’/self help

VISION/MISSION/VALUES

VALUES

• Love [Loving relationships]
• Humility
• Respect [both ways]
• Tolerance & patience & solidarity
• Courage
• Modern management methods
• Results driven in KPIs
• Commitment & perseverance [long term]
• Hard work
• ‘Substance’ over ‘form’ [Transparence]

Soft

• Available to ‘all’ willing families

[10 districts of Mauritius]

• Sustain the project for at least 20 years

[1 generation]

• ‘Long term’ objective [20 years] → 1 generation
• Lovebridge not a “substitute” A complement
• Companies involved “voluntary basis”
• No smoke screen/window dressing in feedback on KPI’s
• Appropriate ‘leadership’
• Appropriate funding

• 2016
• Start 1 or 2 regions per district
• Healthy competition between districts

for results

NATIONAL PROJECT ASSUMPTIONS & GIVENS

• No. of target households 4000 to 8000
• 1 social worker per 10 to 20 households [to be fine tuned]
• 1 project coordinator for 10 to 15 social workers [to be fine tuned]
• Estimated annual cost
• Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 per households

[inc. Lovebridge structure costs]

• All Lovebridge staff to be stationed in sponsor company offices

Decentralised

• Financial requirements for ‘households’
• funded by voluntary contributions by

companies: Education Crisis Housing Food-Nutrition Health Other miscellaneous

• Involve ↑

↑ ↑ ↑ calibre ‘volunteers’ in project

ORGANIGRAM OF 1 DISTRICT/REGION

Households Social Workers Region Coordinator CEO/ Central Organisation District Board

• Chairperson
• CEO
• Other ‘sponsor’ companies rep - National Operations
• Municipality/District Council reps - Coordinator
• Active/Relevant regional NGO’s - District Coordinator
• Lovebridge ‘family’ project reps

NGO’s

Accompagnateurs

TOP KPIs

NEXT 10 1) Per capita income [work] 2) % employment [would < 9 months per eligible household] 3) % eligible children : < 18 outside education system 4) : en “échec scolaire” 5) % households : Too little “per capita” space for housing 6) : No “access” to water & electricity 7) : Minimum nutritional needs not met 8) : With “unsustainable debt” 9) : With “unmet” health care needs 10) : Where “loving relationship” established in cellule 11) : With ‘positive attitude’ towards empowerment/self help TOP 3 1) % households

• Happy

2) % companies Happy 3) % of ‘accompagnateurs’ Happy

HOW COMPANIES PARTICIPATE IN LOVEBRIDGE [Plug in]

• Participation → Voluntary
• 3 categories Gold/Silver/Bronze
• Ways of involvement:

− Host Lovebridge staff on site + logistics − Participate in funds for target households [yearly budget volunteered at DCB].

Education Housing Emergency Health Food Training/Coaching

− Propose employees to act as ‘accompagnateurs’ → 50% own time & 50% company time − Sit on ‘District Board’ for 3 meetings a year to review progress & KPIs. − Access to ‘HR’ staff for ‘small assistance’ of various nature. − Sit on ‘crisis committee’ for region [in case of crisis]. − Any other suggested way/new ideas

Above to be fine tuned after consultations

CRITICAL PATH + PACE OF DEVELOPMENT

− Funds committed/SPV formed/Project ratified 30/08/2017 − Top management [± 15 people] recruited & trained 30/12/2017 − Operational plan drafted with Lovebridge Management team − 50 Social workers employed & trained [5 per district] − Companies enrolled − Surveys done in priority regions 30/06/2017 − Target households enrolled on programme by social workers

By 30/12/2017 By 30/12/2018 Year 3 to 30/11/2019 Year 4 to 30/12/2020

1000 3000 ? ?

The ‘Board’ will set the ‘pace’ of enrolment based on the above criteria

WHY LOVEBRIDGE SHOULD BRING RESULTS?

• 1. Direct/simple/pragmatic approach Hands on
• 2. Tried/tested/proven just scale up
• 3. Our

Top 100 companies drive successful

• rganisations in much more complex environments
• 4. Decentralised approach free of red tape.
• 5. Lovebridge not a ‘heavy burden’ on companies

SPIN OFF BENEFITS OF LOVEBRIDGE

• 1. ‘Nation building’ Bridge between Have and Have not’s.

Bridge between businesses and poverty

• 2. Contribute to ‘National unity’.
• 3. 300 to 500 jobs created.
• 4. Probably ‘unique’ PPP in fight against poverty → Global ‘role’ model
• 5. ‘‘Capitalism with a social heart’’

CONCLUSION

• Its ‘AMBITIOUS’ = in line with the size of the challenge.
• ‘Doable’ if ALL OF US Government/Private sector

leaders put our weight; our will; and most importantly our ‘HEART’ behind it.

LET’S EMBARK ON THE JOURNEY WITH ‘LOVE’ & ‘DETERMINATION’

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