presentation love bridge for the national parrainage programme
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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
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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
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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
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- Cité Brasserie: 25
- EDC: 15
40
Housing
NEF
Education
Etc…
GOVT
Etc…
Civil
Society
AccompagnateursLOVEBRIDGE 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 MoiAmour = Agir v/s Sentiments
Huge difficulties/challenges ∴ ∴ ∴ ∴ perseverance & commitment
L’Intelligence du coeur
B. BRIDGE⇒ Two-way traffic
⇒ Nation building between 2 extremes
THE CONCEPTCellule 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
REGIONSNOMBRE 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
LOVEBRIDGE
[NATIONAL PROJECT MAPPING]
LOVE
FAMILLE ACCOMPAGNATEURS
BENEFICIARIES IN
REGIONS DEFAVORISES
ONGPUBLIC SECTOR
PRIVATE
COMPANIESLOVEBRIDGE ORGANISATION/
SOCIAL WORKERS
LOGO & TAGLINES
LOVEBRIDGE NATIONAL PROJECTVISION/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 PROJECTVISION/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
OBJECTIVES OF LOVEBRIDGE/NATIONAL PROGRAMME
• Available to ‘all’ willing families
[10 districts of Mauritius]
• Sustain the project for at least 20 years
[1 generation]
KEYS TO SUCCESS + FUNDAMENTALS
• ‘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
TARGET REGIONS [PER DISTRICT]
• 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
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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 successfulorganisations 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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