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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] 1 or more 3. Housing per capita Per Capita criteria basic needs 4. Education: a) Income not met (a) Access b) Housing � (b) Household environment Interlinked 5. Healthcare 6. Attitude / self help “Vicious circle” • Unable ‘alone’ = need Help •

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 NEED SYNERGY � LOVEBRIDGE TEAM WORK 2.BUSINESS COMMUNITY 3.NGO’s � � � 4.CIVIL SOCIETY

PROJET LOVE BRIDGE [ 3 YEARS OLD ] 40 - Cité Brasserie: 25 - EDC: 15 LA FAMILLE ACCOMPAGNATRICE CELLULE LOVE FAMILLE SOCIAL WORKER/ BENEFICIAIRE LOVEBRIDGE TEAM ‘ LONG TERM ’ COMMITMENT UNTIL EMPOWERMENT � MORAL COMMITMENT NO ‘FEU DE PAILLE’

LOVEBRIDGE ‘FACILITATES’ BRIDGES BETWEEN GOVT/NGO’s and TARGET HOUSEHOLDS NGO’s GOVT Pils Etc… Etc… NEF Caritas Ti rayon soleil Education Housing Civil Society LOVEBRIDGE TEAM/ Accompagnateurs CELLULE Target Household End customer [Beneficiaries]

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 A 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 6 B 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 B 5 B 6 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 NOMBRE ADULTES NOMBRE ENFANTS NOMBRE REGIONS VULNERABLES VULNERABLES 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

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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 help empower & bring is to 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 Soft • Respect [both ways] • Tolerance & patience & solidarity • Courage • Modern management methods • Results driven in KPIs • Commitment & perseverance [long term] • Hard work • ‘Substance’ over ‘form’ [Transparence]

������������������������������������������� • 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 NGO’s Accompagnateurs Social Workers Region Coordinator District Board CEO/ Chairperson - CEO - Other ‘sponsor’ companies rep - National Operations - Central Organisation Municipality/District Council reps - Coordinator - Active/Relevant regional NGO’s - District Coordinator - Lovebridge ‘family’ project reps -

TOP KPIs TOP 3 1) % households � � Happy � � 2) % companies � Happy 3) % of ‘accompagnateurs’ � Happy NEXT 10 Per capita income [work] 1) % employment [would < 9 months per eligible household] 2) % eligible children : < 18 outside education system 3) 4) : en “échec scolaire” % households 5) : 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